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| From | jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: long antenna |
| Date | 2015-11-18 23:15 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <fddvhc-vob.ln1@mail.specsol.com> (permalink) |
| References | <d82a6d99-39d1-4eb7-9aa0-4ed38641537a@googlegroups.com> <n2fsm5$ms8$1@speranza.aioe.org> <4736856.kWDMch3Bm0@PointedEars.de> <n2ivpn$gh9$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> wrote: > On 11/18/2015 3:56 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: >> Odd Bodkin wrote: >> >>> On 11/17/2015 12:42 PM, RichD wrote: >>>> During my workout yesterday, I attached a 3 meter >>>> extension to the earphone cord of my radio, as I >>>> wanted to place it at a distance. >>>> The cord is the antenna. >>>> >>>> I was indoors, where the reception is usually crummy. >>>> I figured the longer line should improve performance, >>>> right? No! The reception was barely decipherable. >>>> >>>> Can anyone explain the physics here? >>> >>> Yeah, it's pretty simple. The earphone is attached to an OUTPUT of the >>> radio. The only valuable place to stick an antenna is on an INPUT to the >>> radio. >> >> Wrong. >> >>> Signals-->||-->Tuner-->Amplifier-->Analog driver-->||-->Earphones >>> <----------- Radio -------------------> >>> >>> See where the antenna goes? >> >> Not only is your answer wrong, you also missed the point of the question. >> >> As the OP indicated, earphone (also: headphone) cords contain wires which >> can serve as antennas. > > .....well, they do connect to the Head which serves as the big resonae > cavity Antenna. a large round semi conductive salt vat on your sholders, > full of liquid up in the air. Nope. > [They certainly do with smartphones (from where I >> know the technology): Once you have plugged the headphones into the >> smartphone, you can start a radio app to tune in to FM (frequency >> modulation) radio channels (*without an Internet connection*). [0] >> It stands to reason to use the same technology elsewhere.] >> >> How does radio, how does an antenna work? Radio is based on the >> transmission and reception of radio waves carrying information piggybacked >> on them through modulation of them. > > no piggies were harmed... > > >> Therefore, the >> longer line does _not_ improve reception quality of a particular radio >> channel (its station transmitting at a particular frequency) to begin with. > > that is, in general, a wrong statement. larger capture area means more > signal power. Nope; grossly oversimplified to the point of being wrong. >> I also think that the longer the line the more likely that there is >> interference, i.e. alternating, partially canceling electrical currents >> induced at different points of the cable as the (peak of the) radio waves >> can hit the cable at those points at different times, and interference from >> other sources. > > they dont "hit" the cable. They sure don't go around the cable. > > >> Finally, electrical resistance of a conductor R = ρl∕A, >> where ρ is the material-dependent electrical resistivity and A is the cross- >> sectional area, is proportional to the length l of the conductor [8], so the >> signal that reaches the tuner should become weaker as the cable length >> increases. > > wrong. (match the impeadance, Hint: it is a complex term. lots of free > programs out there on antenna design if you are interested.) About the only thing correct so far. >> However, I understand that there are also traveling wave antennae that are >> nonresonant, like random wire for receiving shortwave radio. [9] So it >> appears to depend on the frequencies that one wants to receive. I would >> like someone with experience in radio technology to add their expertise >> here. And please, CMIIW. >> >> >> PointedEars > > depends upon what frequency band you are looking at. > FM - you usally will get blasted out by high power stations, over > loading your very cheap chinese receiver. FM stations are not usually high power as the FM band is essentially line of sight and does not depend on either ground wave or sky wave propagation as AM does. -- Jim Pennino
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long antenna RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2015-11-17 10:42 -0800
Re: long antenna Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 12:46 -0600
Re: long antenna Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 20:10 +0100
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-17 20:28 +0000
Re: long antenna benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 16:59 -0500
Re: long antenna Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-11-18 22:56 +0100
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-18 16:57 -0600
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-18 23:15 +0000
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-18 20:42 -0600
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-19 05:29 +0000
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-19 08:54 -0600
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-19 18:44 +0000
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-22 15:32 -0600
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-22 23:16 +0000
Re: long antenna HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2015-11-19 06:59 -0800
Re: long antenna benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-19 20:02 -0500
Re: long antenna benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-19 01:36 -0500
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-17 13:28 -0600
Re: long antenna "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 14:04 -0800
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-17 22:35 +0000
Re: long antenna benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 19:28 -0500
Re: long antenna Timo <timo@physics.uq.edu.au> - 2015-11-17 17:18 -0800
Re: long antenna RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2015-11-24 11:39 -0800
Re: long antenna benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 15:12 -0500
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-26 09:21 -0600
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-26 10:05 -0600
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-26 20:05 +0000
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-26 18:39 -0600
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-27 01:46 +0000
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-26 19:55 +0000
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-24 20:04 +0000
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-24 16:33 -0600
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-24 22:58 +0000
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-26 09:11 -0600
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-26 19:42 +0000
Re: long antenna "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 11:57 -0800
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-26 14:52 -0600
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-26 21:12 +0000
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-26 18:58 -0600
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-27 01:37 +0000
Re: long antenna benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 23:45 -0500
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-27 01:01 -0600
Re: long antenna "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 23:31 -0800
Re: long antenna benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-11-27 11:34 -0500
Re: long antenna "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2015-11-27 09:58 -0800
Re: long antenna benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-11-27 11:46 -0500
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-28 16:42 -0600
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-28 22:58 +0000
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-30 07:46 -0600
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-30 19:01 +0000
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-30 14:12 -0600
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-30 20:43 +0000
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-30 17:41 -0600
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-01 00:15 +0000
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-30 20:23 -0600
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-01 06:21 +0000
Re: long antenna benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-30 15:22 -0500
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-30 20:48 +0000
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-30 17:16 -0600
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-30 23:52 +0000
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-30 19:59 -0600
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-01 02:16 +0000
Re: long antenna benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-30 19:20 -0500
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-27 18:53 +0000
Re: long antenna benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 00:08 -0500
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-25 06:13 +0000
Re: long antenna "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 16:25 -0800
Re: long antenna "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-11-19 16:08 -0800
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-20 00:40 +0000
Re: long antenna "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-11-20 15:51 -0800
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-21 00:34 +0000
Re: long antenna jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-11-21 14:37 +0000
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-21 19:32 +0000
Re: long antenna jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-11-22 14:50 +0000
Re: long antenna "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-11-22 11:27 -0800
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-22 19:44 +0000
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Re: long antenna jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-11-23 14:13 +0000
Re: long antenna benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-23 13:00 -0500
Re: long antenna jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-11-24 13:20 +0000
Re: long antenna benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 13:40 -0500
Re: long antenna jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-11-25 13:44 +0000
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-23 18:47 +0000
Re: long antenna jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-11-24 13:20 +0000
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-24 19:49 +0000
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-24 16:36 -0600
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-24 23:00 +0000
Re: long antenna gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-26 16:17 -0600
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-26 23:35 +0000
Re: long antenna benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-20 20:58 -0500
Re: long antenna benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-19 20:09 -0500
Re: long antenna "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 12:51 -0800
Re: long antenna benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 00:01 -0500
Re: long antenna "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 15:36 -0800
Re: long antenna jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-25 23:51 +0000
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