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Author Topic: Giuseppe’s Homemade “Magic Tablet” Antenna System?  (Read 1666 times)

Offline ThaDood

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Giuseppe’s Homemade “Magic Tablet” Antenna System?
« on: November 19, 2021, 2019 UTC »
Another SWL'ing rip.   https://swling.com/blog/2021/11/giuseppes-homemade-magic-tablet-antenna-system/#comment-677623 

I made something like this from a godz-eye antenna, but mine is for just Medium Wave, but this dude made is switch from 40M, then 80M, and then 20M. Nice!!!! Granted, my Italian is non-existent, but the VID shows a lot.
“I am often asked how radio works. Well, you see, wire telegraphy
is like a very long cat. You yank his tail in New York and he
meows in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? Now, radio is
exactly the same, except that there is no cat.”
-Attributed to Albert Einstein, but I ripped it from the latest Splatter .PDF March 2025 issue.

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Re: Giuseppe’s Homemade “Magic Tablet” Antenna System?
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2021, 1251 UTC »
Hey Dood,

What is a Godz Eye antenna ?

There is nothing about this on Google.

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Oh... Huh... Just did a search myself for that, and years ago, there were all sorts of God's-Eye loop antennas instructions out there. Huh... Not as much today, which is odd,   but here's a .PDF download of one that's essentially the same thing, except this dude tilted his 45 degrees to look like a square. Either way, the same.    http://167.250.5.172/docs/Radio/Antennas/Am_Loop_Antennas_2004.pdf

Oh... Here's my search from Startpage results,     https://startpage.com/sp/search   , when I typed-in    "homebrew am god's-eye antenna loop?"    I try to stay away from Google, when I can. (Hi-hi...) And, what a difference substituting that "z" for an "s" on god's. Anyway, hope that helps.
“I am often asked how radio works. Well, you see, wire telegraphy
is like a very long cat. You yank his tail in New York and he
meows in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? Now, radio is
exactly the same, except that there is no cat.”
-Attributed to Albert Einstein, but I ripped it from the latest Splatter .PDF March 2025 issue.

 

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