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>Pooch from Repkord dropped by my studio while he was in St. Louis, and asked a simple question:
Can a 3D printer's heatbed act as an antenna?
A fair question, as many an antenna is embedded in a PCB these days... and the traces on a PCB heatbed like the one used in Prusa's Core One look kinda like an antenna, if you squint the right way.
Really, anything (or anyone) can be an antenna, given enough power.
But to stick to the scientific method, I had my Dad come over and show me the ropes with a NanoVNA—a useful tool radio engineers and amateur radio operators use to measure the performance of antenna systems (among other things).
There's a video detailing the whole journey over on Geerling Engineering, and I've embedded it below:
Not a thing I thought I would ever read.
Archive: https://archive.today/URWlY
From the post:
>>Pooch from Repkord dropped by my studio while he was in St. Louis, and asked a simple question:
Can a 3D printer's heatbed act as an antenna?
A fair question, as many an antenna is embedded in a PCB these days... and the traces on a PCB heatbed like the one used in Prusa's Core One look kinda like an antenna, if you squint the right way.
Really, anything (or anyone) can be an antenna, given enough power.
But to stick to the scientific method, I had my Dad come over and show me the ropes with a NanoVNA—a useful tool radio engineers and amateur radio operators use to measure the performance of antenna systems (among other things).
There's a video detailing the whole journey over on Geerling Engineering, and I've embedded it below:
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