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Milestones of great Japanese

The fishbone like antenna design being used throughout Japan for receiving terrestrial TV broadcasts was invented in 1926 by H. Yagi and S. Uda of Tohoku Imperial University.


The Yagi/Uda antenna has a simple structure, yet retains a high level of performance (1926)


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