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The G5RV antenna is a dipole with a symmetric resonant [1] feeder line, which serves as impedance matcher for a 50 Ω coax cable to the transceiver. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Origin
An antenna tuner, a matchbox, transmatch, antenna tuning unit (ATU), antenna coupler, or feedline coupler is a device connected between a radio transmitter or receiver and its antenna to improve power transfer between them by matching the impedance of the radio to the antenna's feedline. Antenna tuners are particularly important for use with ...
The San Joaquin Valley Railroad (reporting mark SJVR) is one of several short line railroad companies and is part of the Western Region Division of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It operates over about 371 miles (597 km) of owned or leased track primarily on several lines in California's Central Valley/San Joaquin Valley around Fresno and Bakersfield.
Harris Ranch, or the Harris Cattle Ranch, feedlot is California's largest beef producer, producing 150 million pounds (68 kt) of beef per year in 2010. [1] It is located alongside Interstate 5 at its intersection with State Route 198 east of Coalinga, in the San Joaquin Valley of central California. The ranch is owned by Harris Farms. [2]
The Federal Communications Commission approves the sale of Allbritton Communications to Sinclair Broadcast Group after nearly a year of consideration, which includes the license turnovers in Birmingham and Charleston, South Carolina proposed on May 29 and the sale of ABC affiliate WHTM-TV/Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, but the Commission warns extra ...
The Niger River bursts its banks forcing 5,000 people to lose their homes and crops. A 7.6 magnitude earthquake and small tsunami hits the Pacific Ocean nation of Vanuatu. (AFP via Yahoo News Australia), Rescuers in China's Gansu province continue to search for 1,100 missing people in a recent landslide, as the death toll rises to 702.
The most popular story, although unconfirmed, concerns a candy-store owner, David Bradley, whose shop was flooded during a major storm in 1883. His entire stock of taffy was soaked with salty Atlantic Ocean water. When a young girl came into his shop and asked if he had any taffy for sale, he is said to have offered some "salt water taffy".
Antone S. Aguiar Jr., American judge and politician (b. 1930) John J. Cali, American real estate developer (b. 1918) Rene Ricard, American poet, painter and art critic (b. 1946) Gordon Zacks, American businessman and presidential advisor (b. 1933) February 2. Tommy Aquino, American motorcycle racer, training collision (b. 1992)