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Old January 31st 16, 07:18 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Copper tape antennae?

On 1/30/2016 4:44 PM, Allodoxaphobia wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 12:01:21 -0000, gareth wrote:
Might be of interest to some; the model railway fraternity are
now using sticky-backed copper tape, 1cm wide, to distribute
power over their baseboards, especially now that single-feed
DCC needs to be applied everywhere.


Both aluminum (aluminium, GB) and copper tape such as that have
been around for decades in window security applications.


Don't forget lead. Wouldn't be so good as an antenna though.

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Rick