I thnk I may have found who 'designed' these things ... Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter L. Peres" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 2:10 PM Subject: [OT] Internal Antenna baloney! > In addition to being baloney (it is not really), it may shape or distort > the field from the whip such that some part of it may or may not pass > though the void that in some people holds the brain. It may also distort > the far field such that you will have to face a particular direction to > get good contact in marginal areas. > > I would not say anything about this until I saw a radiation pattern > comparison. > > What I would say however is that metal bodied phones like Ericsson etc do > not need any of this. > > Peter > > -- > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu