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How an Antenna Works — very good, general

Updated February 28, 2024 | Published May 9, 2023 by Mic Hael

Very good basic explanations, overview, animations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmvfphxyRuo Patch (square, half-wavelength) Parabola Yagi-Uda monopole, dipole Horn The Yagi-Uda antenna, commonly referred to as the Yagi antenna, is a directional antenna design widely used in radio communication and broadcasting. It was invented in 1926 by Japanese engineers Hidetsugu Yagi and Shintaro … Read more

The Mystery of the 17th Harmonic

Updated February 22, 2024 | Published September 17, 2022 by Mic Hael

FAA and FCC chase down a shortwave radio broadcaster whose 17th harmonic is found to interfere with airplane radio at 132.26 MHz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOOfs2iVeso SEE ALSO https://soundquality.org/?s=sine+square+15+khz The concept of the “mystery of the 17th harmonic” refers to a phenomenon in music theory and acoustics that has intrigued musicians, mathematicians, and theorists … Read more

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Here is our collection of “excellent, important info” for smarties, a cornucopic top-drawer overflowing delicious variety and intrigue. This website largely concerns vibrations and oscillations — vibratory anything, with life, physics, science, music is primary focus plus oddball tidbits mixed-in for flavor and zest.

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All is inseparably connected via vibration. Per scripture, sound was the beginning: If “God is two octaves above man,” but ‘silence is golden,’ doesn’t that leave us somewhere between precious and divine? We should live up to that.