mr_hankey
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i'm having trouble understanding this "breakthrough".
it seems to be a distributed antenna system, and the test in HF band with the tiny antenna doesn't seem to prove anything other than propagation was in effect that night.
http://www.uri.edu/news/releases/?id=2659
more discussion on slashdot:
http://slashdot.org/articles/04/06/11/1222215.shtml?tid=126[/code]
it seems to be a distributed antenna system, and the test in HF band with the tiny antenna doesn't seem to prove anything other than propagation was in effect that night.
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After decades of experimentation, combined with a 30-year engineering career and Yankee ingenuity, Vincent has invented a revolutionary antenna technology. The distributed- load, monopole antennas are smaller, produce high efficiency, and retain good to excellent bandwidth. And they have multiple applications.
With this technology it will be possible to double, at minimum, the range of walkie-talkies used by police, fire, and other municipal personnel. Naval ships, baby monitors, and portable antennas for military use are other applications. An antenna could be mounted on a chip in a cell phone and be applied to wireless local area networks. Another application deals with radio frequency identification, which is expected someday to replace the barcode system.http://www.uri.edu/news/releases/?id=2659
more discussion on slashdot:
http://slashdot.org/articles/04/06/11/1222215.shtml?tid=126[/code]
