The coolest pair of rabbit ears I've ever seen!

[Einar72]

My dad bought one in '62, the Siamese cat. I had hours of fun bobbing the head. It was a tan plastic molding with fuzzy stuff glued on the outside. I suspect they used a static charge to get the stuff to stick straight out. Inside was a red-painted 1-inch diameter dowel about 5" long. The whole antenna was just two 1x4 aluminum strips stapled to the dowel about two inches apart, with a 1/2-watt resistor and the twinlead riveted to both plates. Dad was disappointed with its performance.

[bandersen]

Originally Posted by Einar72

My dad bought one in '62, the Siamese cat. I had hours of fun bobbing the head. It was a tan plastic molding with fuzzy stuff glued on the outside. I suspect they used a static charge to get the stuff to stick straight out. Inside was a red-painted 1-inch diameter dowel about 5" long. The whole antenna was just two 1x4 aluminum strips stapled to the dowel about two inches apart, with a 1/2-watt resistor and the twinlead riveted to both plates. Dad was disappointed with its performance.

Yeah, my 'dog' stinks as an antenna. Proper rabbit ears like the topic of this thread work much better.

[jeyurkon]

Originally Posted by Einar72

My dad bought one in '62, the Siamese cat. I had hours of fun bobbing the head. It was a tan plastic molding with fuzzy stuff glued on the outside. I suspect they used a static charge to get the stuff to stick straight out. Inside was a red-painted 1-inch diameter dowel about 5" long. The whole antenna was just two 1x4 aluminum strips stapled to the dowel about two inches apart, with a 1/2-watt resistor and the twinlead riveted to both plates. Dad was disappointed with its performance.

They probably did use a charge. We used something like that in High School Shop class. I think it was called swaytek. Or maybe suede-tech. I doubt the same brand exists anymore. Thanks to google, I just found out I'm wrong. It does exist and it's called Suede-Tex flocking...

John

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by jeyurkon

They probably did use a charge. We used something like that in High School Shop class. I think it was called swaytek. Or maybe suede-tech. ... It does exist and it's called Suede-Tex flocking...

John

I had a dog shaped piggy bank that was a tan colored plastic with fuzz all over it, like that. I wanted a dog, and that's what I got... We had a cat at the time. I peeled some of the fuzz off for some reason.