[epithermal]

I wonder if this would work with a stream of urine?

[Squantos]

Only a down wind directional version.....

[hosepipe]

Interesting concept..

[MIchaelTArchangel]

I wonder if this would work with a stream of urine?

Of course it will. Don't you remember that Darwin Award Winner from a couple of years ago who pissed on the transformer in the power substation?

[KarlInOhio]

Navy Antenna Using Seawater instead of Metal

Sure the Bellagio fountains look nice, but did you know that they are actually operated by the NSA?

[GeronL]

That is pretty cool

[GeronL]

Your question simply explains gaydar

[mmercier]

A tree makes a fabulous antenna with two wires and a 9v battery.

There may be one or two slightly expensive little devices I failed to mention because they still do not exist. We know how to do other things with water that are so amazing that they defy explanation. Today, lots of things do not exist. Things like this that we are allowed to know about are black holes.

[Paco]

I wonder if this would work with a stream of urine?

Hmm, maybe those $400 toilet seats were actually electromagnetic coils.

[Chuckster]

Video of the water antennae in action.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Expect neo-survivalist types to start stockpiling these babies faster than you can say "peak oil".

I really doubt it. Right now you can carry a small coil of wire, and throw it up into a tree. For the more serious, you can get telescoping antenna that collapse to a pretty small, storable size. And these work out of the box.

With the stream-of-water, you need a steady supply of water, a pump, power to run the pump, and a supply of salt that you can waste. If you have a collection pool, and make sure to shoot straight up, you might be able to recycle the water to some degree, but it's still a lot of work.

And when done, you have an antenna that only works while you have the power to run it, is susceptable to breezes, and doesn't work nearly as well as a wire.

I can see the advantage of this for a navy ship, for the reasons given in the article. It is just the opposite of the simplicity a survivalist would be looking for.

[r9etb]

I wonder if this would work with a stream of urine?

Sure. And the use of urine would also spur a revolution in data compression because, after all, an antenna-man 3rd class can only pee for so long before he needs to fill up with another 12-pack.

[Eye of Unk]

This is new? /sarc

I have seen movies on water screens at Disney.....

I am sure the timely news of this is “news” to somebody, otherwise it sounds great, good old Made in USA at work?

[Ohio Hermit]

In an emergency, what would be quicker to put together for a VHF radiator? A foot pump, a bucket, rock salt and water? Or 20 inches of 12 gauge wire?

Herm

[SunkenCiv]

> I wonder if this would work with a stream of urine?

As long as the consequences of peeing on an electric fence are considered first.