To avoid it breaking in the first two minutes of ownership, I assume, or to save eyes. Soft antennae like this are standard in RC cars. They also used to use it on portable radios. That TV watch Seiko made in the 80s had one too, I think.

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Posted by SignOfZeta on April 16, 2017 at 18:29:13 EST in reply to yeah, that thing is weird! why not just have a connected antenna like a TV tuner (which it sure looks like). (n/t) from exodus.

To avoid it breaking in the first two minutes of ownership, I assume, or to save eyes. Soft antennae like this are standard in RC cars. They also used to use it on portable radios. That TV watch Seiko made in the 80s had one too, I think.

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I did not know that! I mean with RC cars it's usually a bendy wire, right? or are my memories of this 30 years old?

(exodus)

(10:57:58 04/18/17 EST)

I'm pretty sure we're talking about the same thing. It's just a wire. On RC cars you'd have it slid through a plastic tube so it would stand up. On the portable TVs the idea was that you'd run it up your sleeve and wear it all day like a really cool guy.

(SignOfZeta)

(14:28:17 04/18/17 EST)

I guess that *is* pretty cool. this line looks a lot floppier though, like a headphone chord!

(exodus)

(14:40:15 04/18/17 EST)

So are all the ones I'm thinking of. It's that way so you can put it anywhere. I agree it's not normal for a device like this but I guess they had a total nerd head that project.

(SignOfZeta)

(19:25:44 04/19/17 EST)

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