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Old 04-04-2012, 02:05 PM
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Gimmickry never goes out of style

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Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV View Post
Even though the ad also claims this over-priced antenna was designed by someone who worked for NASA and/or other big-name technology places, it should be obvious that having a Ph.D. does not preclude someone from becoming, or working with, a shameless huckster.
This was similar to those little gray things that simply plugged in, had feet of ribbon twinlead and claimed to use you houses wiring as a big antenna - HA, it was a small ceramic disc capacitor connected to one of the plug blades, the other was a plastic dummy.

Then there are the little dish-shaped UHF antennas with rabbit ears sold at "dollar stores" in the 90's
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