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Old Geek Invents New Stick

Posted by michael on from the can-you-hear-me-now? dept.

the morgawr writes "According to the EE Times and Science Blog, a scientist at University of Rhode Island has developed a new type of antenna design that, by increasing the efficiency, performs as well as the convential quarter-wave design but is only 1/3 as large."

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  1. aHA! by sicking · · Score: 0, Redundant

    performs as well as the convential quarter-wave design but is only 1/3 as large

    I figured it out! It's 1/12-wave antenna!

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