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.
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
I would say it most likely came from a Chinese toy factory. They really have a creative way to use recycled/unused/broken parts. Sometimes it can get worse though.
I desperately want to know if this is:
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.
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
Right but what about this case specifically
I would say it most likely came from a Chinese toy factory. They really have a creative way to use recycled/unused/broken parts. Sometimes it can get worse though.
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
don’t dismiss creative toddler