The coolest pair of rabbit ears I've ever seen!

[jeyurkon]

Originally Posted by Einar72

My dad bought one in '62, the Siamese cat. I had hours of fun bobbing the head. It was a tan plastic molding with fuzzy stuff glued on the outside. I suspect they used a static charge to get the stuff to stick straight out. Inside was a red-painted 1-inch diameter dowel about 5" long. The whole antenna was just two 1x4 aluminum strips stapled to the dowel about two inches apart, with a 1/2-watt resistor and the twinlead riveted to both plates. Dad was disappointed with its performance.

They probably did use a charge. We used something like that in High School Shop class. I think it was called swaytek. Or maybe suede-tech. I doubt the same brand exists anymore. Thanks to google, I just found out I'm wrong. It does exist and it's called Suede-Tex flocking...

John

[bandersen]

I like how the box claims it "unbreakable" and "washable". Their quite fragile and there's no way that flocking would survive water.

Maybe they mean washing with dry cleaning fluid

[bandersen]

A fellow collector recently sent me the "Basset Hound" antenna




Three down, five to go.

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by jeyurkon

They probably did use a charge. We used something like that in High School Shop class. I think it was called swaytek. Or maybe suede-tech. ... It does exist and it's called Suede-Tex flocking...

John

I had a dog shaped piggy bank that was a tan colored plastic with fuzz all over it, like that. I wanted a dog, and that's what I got... We had a cat at the time. I peeled some of the fuzz off for some reason.

[bandersen]

hposter auctioned off his three flocked antennas. I scored one of the beavers


Four down, four to go...

[bandersen]

I'd love to have this pair, but that BIN is a bit high for me: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=200552101887

[Sam Cogley]

That thing is just wild.

[GeorgeJetson]

On the subject of "novelty" antennas,what is the most futuristic antenna you've seen from the 50's or early 60's?

[bandersen]

Here's a Popular Science article from 1959 that reviews antennas and has some neat pictures.

I really like that one in the inset picture with pushbuttons.

Looks like he's holding one of these Snyder antennas

[rld-tv01]

This is the ugliest anntena I have. Who would have bought this thing to sit on top of their TV?

[GeorgeJetson]

You're right!
That one looks like a Hickory Farms salami!

[bandersen]

I finally found the cool antenna with pushbuttons I mentioned a few posts up

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by rld-tv01

This is the ugliest anntena I have. Who would have bought this thing to sit on top of their TV?

I have one of these "Video-Antenna"s too. Apparently they exist with and without UHF channel numbers on the tuning dial markings.

[Electronic M]

Here is one of the most unusual antennae I've ever seen.




Unfortunatly mice got at it before I could!

I think I have an electronics magizene that decribes this one.
I've got other vintage antennas, but I find this to be the coolest.

Tom C.