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Old April 19th 12, 09:07 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Ian[_5_] Ian[_5_] is offline
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Default Oscillatory flow of electrons

"John S" wrote in message
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On 4/19/2012 12:47 PM, wrote:


Marconi was wrong about antennas having to be grounded to work.


I think that's a good thing. We wouldn't get signals from satellites
otherwise.

Actually, that begs the question "which planet is the real ground"?

John
KD5YI


Reckon we could hang a dipole all the way from the earth to the moon?
What gain would it have and what frequency would it resonate on, I wonder.

73, Ian.