Jim did say >>> or perhaps other pieces of metal
In inference being the metal could be 'formed' into a shape .......
like a dish or a horn
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From: "Stefan Schäfer" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 10:01 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: LF: Re: Ae!
Hi Alan, Jim, LF,
Am 31.05.2012 22:52, schrieb Alan Melia:
Hi Stefan in the early (Marconi) days the were two parts to the radiation
inducing section of the wireless communication system.......one was a
wire connected to earth, the other was an elevated or aerial ( literally
"in the air" ) wire. These rapidly became the "Earth" and the "Aerial"
the latter whether it was a wire or not. The term antennae comes from the
"touchy feely" thing insects have protruding from their heads. In the UK
antenna and antennas (yes that is the correct plural!) only became to be
used by techs who had come into contact with US radar techs though the
term filtered over in QST before 1940. We still errect "TV aerials" in
the UK, and that includes the dishes!.We love having multiple words for
the same thing or nearly the same thing, and we gleefully "steal" other
people's words and incorporate them into our language. We delight in the
absurdity of terms like "underground aerials" but we know what it means!
Nice! :-) Now i'm informed i think. Some of these questions i never dared
to ask here so far :-)
But doesn't stay it (the dishes) in contrast to Jim's answer where an
aerial is a wire structure?
73, Stefan
Best Wishes
Alan G3NYK
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Schäfer"
<[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:00 PM
Subject: LF: Ae!
Hmm, maybe someone from the UK can explain the difference between aerial
and antenna? Is there a difference?
73, Stefan/DK7FC
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