Think you might be referring to a Coptic antenna, mate. Doesn't that one have an extra prong? (More Middle Eastern worship transmission design.) Besides, most of the more fundamentalist churches won't even let a dipole in the door, let alone let them get married. Cheers, Michael E. Granat T/as Write Ideas Technical Communicator Without Prejudice. E&OE. "First get your facts; then you can distort them at your leisure." - Mark= =20Twain -----Original Message----- From: Colquhoun, Daryl [mailto:daryl.colquhoun@xxxxxx] Sent: 25 June 2004 11:56 To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: atw: Re: OT Re: wheedling the needle <snip> >crummy two pronged antenna atop of their houses of worship. (Wouldn't even pick up SBS TV.) If the horizontal piece were in the form of what's known as a dipole about 28cm long (that is, two adjacent collinear 14cm conductors) it would in fact pick up SBS pretty well, given a good signal. <snip> ###################################################################### Attention:=20 The information in this electronic mail is privileged and confidential, intended only for use of the individual or entity named. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, copying or use of the information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete it immediately from your system and inform us via mailto ops@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx This e-mail has been scanned and cleared by MailMarshal=20 ###################################################################### ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************