It is _very_ unlikely capacitively coupled to _anything_. As people pointed
out, the foil does not conduct anything to anywhere. I give it less than
1e-99 % chance that it works for most of us.

However, for people who believe the aliens gave IC technology to Intel so
Andy Groves can let Bill Gates make billions (Gates is really an Alien from
dark-star called Yuaranut), this foil will work just fine. The foil,
afterall, was designed by even more advanced aliens who gave Qualcomm
(Jacobs is also an Alien, but from an alternate universe called
Beeghaepmaecheen) the CDMA technology! Then they got dissatisfied with QCOM
management and went to Nokia (Finland? isn't that in Buulcheet star
system?), but I digress...

As for the Yagi, was this car a blueish van with bunch of computer equipment
inside?


> Hi Sean,
>    Yes I agree and I bet it is capacitively coupled if it does in fact work.
> A magnetic base of a mobile whip has no problems capacitively coupling into
> the metal car through the paint.  Nobody would know for sure without
> actually testing this out but a solid copper foil may ground out even better
> than the stupid looking antenna element.  I'd give it greater than 50/50
> that the entire thing is a total sham that could not be properly documented
> in any way.  Why don't they publish the data proving them right??  I've seen
> antenna scams before.  There was a guy who claimed to have patents and was
> selling his junk to the military (or at least trying)  He had people pluging
> in his small piece of junk into everything from satellite backpack radios to
> medium power vehicle VHF radios.  NOSC in Point Loma even measured the
> antenna in a hyperbolic chamber and exposed him scientifically.  All that
> didn't slow down the herd of uneducated believers that refused to listen to
> sound advise.  I would classify the stick-on antenna as a "placebo cellular
> phone antenna".  It works in the minds of the people who need to justify
> their purchase and feel better....or maybe it does work better?  Personally,
> I would never modify my cell phone in the first place.  I've seen people
> clip portable yagis into the windows of their car and talk from San Clemente
> island back to the mainland on cells over 50miles.
> Mike


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