<div dir="ltr"><div>"<span style="color:rgb(38,50,56);font-family:Quicksand,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The shape of an</span><span style="color:rgb(38,50,56);font-family:Quicksand,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> </span><a href="https://techxplore.com/tags/antenna/" rel="tag" class="gmail-textTag" style="font-family:Quicksand,sans-serif;font-size:16px;color:rgb(38,50,56);text-decoration-line:none;border-bottom:1px dotted rgb(51,51,51)">antenna</a><span style="color:rgb(38,50,56);font-family:Quicksand,sans-serif;font-size:16px">'s front end dictates many of its operating parameters. Once it's manufactured, those characteristics are locked in. A shape-changing antenna would enable communications across a wider array of radio-frequency (RF) bands, opening up new realms of operational agility."</span></div><p style="color:rgb(38,50,56);font-family:Quicksand,sans-serif;font-size:16px">"Among the possibilities, a single shape-shifting antenna could do the work of multiple fixed-shape antennas, adapt dynamically to spectrum availability and change beamwidth to switch between short- and long-range communications."</p><p style="color:rgb(38,50,56);font-family:Quicksand,sans-serif;font-size:16px">"The shape-shifting antenna capability that has been demonstrated by this APL team will be a game-changing enabler for many applications and missions requiring RF adaptability in a low-size and -weight configuration," said APL Chief Engineer Conrad Grant.</p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div>It's right there in the article. Again, I suggest just reading it. It has nothing to do with weather dependency.</div><div dir="ltr"><br><div>73,<div>K1CPR</div><div>Juan</div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 9:05 PM Richard T <<a href="mailto:radiohamateur@gmail.com">radiohamateur@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">What exactly is the point of a weather dependent antenna? </p>
<div>RichieT<br>W1RJT</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 28, 2024, 1:35 PM Juan Jiménez <<a href="mailto:k1cpr@bd5.com" target="_blank">k1cpr@bd5.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Lol! Read the article. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 28, 2024, 12:38 Stephen Crook <<a href="mailto:scrook@comcast.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">scrook@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Light up your amp and you’ll be twisting the TUNE & LOAD knobs like a one armed paper hanger!<div><br id="m_3782571433538543498m_-7945236358123469960m_2451774935882964078lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div> = KB1LKR - Steve =</div>Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 28, 2024, at 12:25 PM, Juan Jiménez <<a href="mailto:k1cpr@bd5.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">k1cpr@bd5.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">I bet some old fart somewhere is going to whine that this violates some prehistoric "gentleman's agreement". <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">😂😂😂😂</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-shifting-antenna-memory-alloys-temperature.amp" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-shifting-antenna-memory-alloys-temperature.amp</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">73,</div><div dir="auto">K1CPR</div><div dir="auto">Juan</div></div>
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