Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: vallor Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Kilowatts Date: 15 Jan 2025 13:44:05 GMT Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <181a03da127b916c$17153$2732928$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <181a529a6195ab52$103014$443765$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <181a940f7adb322d$2009$2484$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <181aa2e783f6507c$101945$292657$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net yTZTsg0z9nI6Ms50LcGRcwjLVsPWz9Rg0knh5AB1/FjCRIiem7 Cancel-Lock: sha1:r/hDNktjKVuHNh8mz7G4feCUNw8= sha256:4Fdnn2d6dZMvXkdKEG+lV6TEDk2sBn2n7cEYlhE3rFA= X-Face: +McU)#<-H?9lTb(Th!zR`EpVrp<0)1p5CmPu.kOscy8LRp_\u`:tW;dxPo./(fCl CaKku`)]}.V/"6rISCIDP` User-Agent: Pan/0.161 (Hmm2; c45f6052; Linux-6.12.9) Bytes: 2821 On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 06:21:25 -0700, % wrote in : > Farley Flud wrote: >> On 15 Jan 2025 03:46:47 GMT, vallor wrote: >> >>>>> >>>> ok well you didn't mention that and it sounded like a great dipole >>> >>> 'twasn't a dipole, 'twas a long wire, and I gave the >>> radio a really good ground. >>> >> >> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! What a dunce! >> >> EVERY antenna is a fucking dipole. >> >> And don't start scrambling for stupid technical "loopholes" >> just to save your sorry ass. >> >> EVERY antenna is a fucking dipole. >> >> Now shut the fuck up. >> >> >> >> >> > i was getting there So you're both wrong. Dipoles are tapped in the middle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipole_antenna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_wire_antenna Sigmonster for the Feeb: -- -v System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti OS: Linux 6.12.9 Release: Mint 21.3 Mem: 258G "10 out of 5 doctors feel it's OK to be skitzo!"