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   Message 4,160 of 5,937   
   Chuck Reti to Roger   
   Re: killing cars with RF?   
   16 Feb 07 23:05:00   
   
   From: wv8a@arrl.net.invalid   
      
   In article ,   
    Roger  wrote:   
      
   > You are not describing a CB antenna.   
      
   Um, Yes, I am.   
      
   In article ,    
   wrote:   
      
   > Actually, he might well be.  Perhaps you're lucky enough   
   > not to have any of these people where you live, but in   
   > my neck of the woods, in some lower-socioeconomic-status   
   > neighborhoods, there was a wave of enormous CB antennas   
   > with HUGE open-wire loading coils at the base, ones that   
   > appeared to be made of 3/8" copper tubing or something   
   > along those lines.  No telling if the coils did anything   
   > or were just for show; some of the CBers used high power   
   > and others poured their 4 watts into these enormous   
   > whips ..   I'm seeing fewer of them on the roads these   
   > days but they're still around.  :-/   
   >   
      
   I don't see many of them anymore, but they're most fun to see   
   on top of a subcompact.   
      
   Chuck WV8A Detroit   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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