I desperately want to know if this is:
- A toy factory actually finding a creative use for excess stock of the doll head
- A creative parent fixing their child’s toy
- Just a joke for a meme
Cheap things from China often have recycled or re-purposed parts. I had an antenna that came apart and is actually a tape measure with some rubber over it just soldered right to a threaded connector.
I think that must be fairly common as I remember a video talking about using a tape measure being used on a satellite.
I’ve found it! I thought it would have been Scott Manly, but it was a question in Tom Scott’s Lateral quiz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrsBn1pzQFE
Uh, did the antenna work? Not a RF guy but as far as i know, the dimensions of the “wire” matter.
And btw, cheap chinese plastic things are likely to leak some hazardous chemicals.
It “works” but isnt perfect. The length matters, but it does work and is the right(ish) length. I don’t have the instruments to test it properly.
More, it just isnt very practical because it doesnt work much better than a small whip antenna. I do have a more powerful radio I need to test it on eventually, but it uses the wrong connector for that and I have to buy an adapter
The aim with simple antennas is to get their length right to match the radio waves. Often at 1/4 of the wavelength.
The type of metal an antenna is made of matters, as the speed of light is different in different materials.
I suspect if it doesn’t work well it’s because the manufacturer either made it the wrong length or used a fibreglass tape measure rather than a steel one
This gives me the same vibes as people using the handle and upper pole of a shovel as a buttstock for guns.
Who needs padding on the stock when you got steel wire!
Absolute guerilla
Recycling code does recycled code things.
Straight out of the first Toy Story. xD
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