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"
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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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