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Conference vmszoo::rc

Title:Welcome To The Radio Control Conference
Notice:dir's in 11, who's who in 4, sales in 6, auctions 19
Moderator:VMSSG::FRIEDRICHS
Created:Tue Jan 13 1987
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1706
Total number of notes:27193

168.0. "stopwatch on the whip?" by --UnknownUser-- () Mon May 18 1987 14:31

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168.1CLOSUS::TAVARESJohn--Stay low, keep movingMon May 18 1987 17:4414
Well, you might nuke the IC in the watch, but other than that,
you have a 50/50 chance of getting away with it.  Personally, I'm
shy about putting anything on an antenna, especially the base.
The impedance of the antenna and subsequent efficency is a touchy
thing, mostly affected by physical length, but also by any other
item that comes near or in contact with it.  The reason why I'm
especially concerned with the base is that its near the case, and
that's the other half of the antenna (through you).  The more
isolation between the two, the better.

I saw someone this weekend with a watch stuck on between the
control sticks.  He had one of those cheapie ones, but you could
put the stopwatch on with velcro so you could put it away when
done.