Huh? isn't this an antenna?

[picscan]

So I had one of those video commercials pop up with this picture claiming:
Better Than Solar Panels? Florida Man Creates Startling Invention!
Isn't this an antenna? Didn't bother to watch the video but I'm thinking it would work better than using solar panels for an antenna.

 

[mmckenna]

Yes, that's an antenna.

 

[marksmith]

That's an antenna and I certainly won't bother to read the article because it must be nonsense.

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

Hey, that's MY antenna....said a ham somewhere in ham land!

 

[jwt873]

Home made halo antenna. Probably for 2 meters. The halo provides omni directional horizontal polarization. No good for general scanning which is almost always vertically polarized..

144 MHz Halo Antenna Construction & NEC Model

Construction and 4nec2 Model of a 144 MHz Halo Antenna

www.qsl.net

 

[rk911]

what was the claim? i'd love to know. lololololol

 

[nd5y]

what was the claim? i'd love to know. lololololol

It's just another free energy scam.

 

[rk911]

ahhh. the modern home version of the magic carburetor from 50-yrs ago!

 

[bob550]

Better Than Solar Panels?

Nope!

 

[bob550]

But then a pastrami sandwich is better than solar panels, if you're hungry.

 

[spacellamaman]

Yes, that's an antenna.

WRONG!

its a rotating tie rack


just like how people always call clothes racks "treadmills" for whatever reason...

 

[a417]

It identifies as an antenna, and if you don't like it...you're racist.

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

I thought it was one of those 4000 free Digital TV channel antennas.

 

[bob550]

It identifies as an antenna, and if you don't like it...you're racist.

Or, antennaphobic.

 

[p1879]

Non-binary device

 

[spacellamaman]

It identifies as an antenna, and if you don't like it...you're racist.

Or, antennaphobic.

Non-binary device

ya know fellers, there ain't many places left on these here interwebs that yeh can get away with that sorta talk....

enjoy it while it lasts

Disclaimer: The statements above should not be construed in anyway as endorsing any real or implied humor. Nor does the author claim that such humor should in any way be condoned and, very explicitly, does not do so.

well, now with that said, and my conscience cleared up, I can go to sleep. Goodnight boys.

 

[redbeard]

Just another in a long history of clickbait from those scammers. They are peddling a power factor correction 'box' and use pictures of strange looking devices in the ads to get you to click.

Any ad with that kind of clickbait wording should be a red flag, "3 Strange ways you can..." "The weird thing the power company doesn't want you to have..." "The new law in <municipality>... (insert picture of police NOT from <municipality>)"

 

[a417]

Any ad with that kind of clickbait wording should be a red flag, "3 Strange ways you can..." "The weird thing the power company doesn't want you to have..." "The new law in <municipality>... (insert picture of police NOT from <municipality>)"

"Talk 32 miles on one set of AAA batteries!"

Factinate, TodayFacts...all those things get black holed at the firewall...don't even see them anymore.

 

[mmckenna]

Any ad with that kind of clickbait wording should be a red flag, "3 Strange ways you can..." "The weird thing the power company doesn't want you to have..." "The new law in <municipality>... (insert picture of police NOT from <municipality>)"

Amazing how many people fall for that sort of marketing. For a while there was someone selling "Brightest LED flashlight you can legally buy".
Still haven't figured out which branch of the gubermint regulates LED flashlight brightness. I think it's the FBF, Federal Bureau of Flashlights.

 

[KK2DOG]

Perhaps it's one of them DTV antennas that'll allow us to pick-up stations 950 miles away?