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In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0605221140120.9320-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Dominic-Luc Webb <dlwebb@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 21 May 2006, Kit wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I have an idle question. How do receiving antennas work. I have looked
> > at Wikipedia and Google but I cannot find an answer. So what is
> > actually picked up by the antenna? and how?
> > Thanks
> > -Kit
>
> Electromagnetic radiation impinges on the antenna, invoking a small
> voltage. Do you know about the three finger rule?
OK, you got my curiousity up with that one - I've never heard of a
"three finger rule" that has anything to do with antennas (or antennae,
if you prefer) so I went googling. Of the four (Count 'em... FOUR) hits
for "+antenna +"three finger rule"" I found, two involved situations of
the "Oops - the GPS on my boat broke, the compass is out, and I need to
get home. But how far away from home am I?" type. In this case, the
"three finger rule" involved using three fingers and the known height of
a distant object (such as a radio broadcast antenna, smokestack, or
lighthouse tower) to get an estimate of the distance between you and the
object.
Somehow, I doubt this is the "three finger rule" you're talking about...
There were two other hits that looked semi-promising, but they were XLS
files, and I don't run (or even posess any) MicroSoft software, so
couldn't read them.
Care to clarify?
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