Der Audio Kooken

[Bob Miller]

You must use a gold plated adaptor, Waveguide to Alligator clip,
UG/456-AL-WG\73

    Bob

Jeffrey Herman wrote:

> I've somehow gotten on an audiophile mail (postal) list. It's
> quite amusing to read the garbage the various companies are
> feeding the consumers. For example:
>
> "Are you starving your tuner with yesterday's technology? Did
> you know that rabbit ears and whip antennas have a total surface
> area of only 18-35 square inches, making it IMPOSSIBLE to cover
> the entire FM band without tuning or impedance mis-match?
> The In-Tenn's MASSIVE CAPTURE AREA - 861 square inches! -
> provides the bandwidth to cover the entire FM band while
> maintaining proper impedance match. CLEANER SOUND in a
> neater package  ...blah blah... $295..."
>
> Because there is a spark of truth to the above (bandwidth is
> proportional to surface area), I've decided to replace my 160m
> 2-wavelength wire Beverage receiving antenna (with its terribly small
> surface area) with a 2-wavelength cast iron sewer pipe (8 feet in
> diameter) just so I don't starve my receiver. And I don't want to hear
> about any of you folks starving your receivers (I swear I'll
> petition the FCC to include in Part 97 a prohibition against
> the starvation of rcvrs!).
>
> Gotta get some more coffee...
>
> Jeff KH2PZ
>
> P.S. How do I connect that 8-foot pipe to the antenna terminal of
> my SX-101 w/o using wire?
>
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