[geeks] Grrr. stupid products

[Fogg, James]

> IF ITS NOT HOOKED UP TO THE ACTUAL ANTENNA, ITS NOT GONNA HELP.

Actually, no.

Now, let me extingiush the flames before they start.

I am not saying these $5 bogus cheapie things work for cell phones. But,
there is such a thing as an inductively coupled radiator in antenna design.
Thats how the "glass mount" antennas and "beam" directional antennas work.

In *theory* such a device could exist for cell phones. I don't think it
would look anything like the ones for sale today.

Now, on to more bogosities, the "Cell Phone Passive Repeaters" that are a
loop of wire or foil that attaches to a cars side window is so freakin far
from inductively coupled it should be illegal to sell them.