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radio antenna

n. omnidirectional antenna comprising the part of a radio receiver by means of which radio signals are received [syn: radio aerial]

Usage examples of "radio antenna".

Winn, I just wanted to ask Tommy if he thought we ought to go over and get that radio antenna out of the driftwood pile to take down to the Beachcomber for his museum.

The man in the beret climbed out of the sports car and Tommy saw him, via the rear-vision mirror, inspecting his bumper-mounted radio antenna.

Edwards handed the radio antenna to Smith, then turned and put his field glasses on the town.

The radio antenna, rime-coated now to almost fifty times its normal size, sagging deeply and swaying pendulum-like in the wind between each pair of fourteen-foot poles that supported it, stretched away almost 250 feet to the north.

Its blinding glint on a strand of copper drew Tommy's attention to the radio antenna he and Chub had erected this morning for Field Day.

Quickly crossing the room, Tommy squatted down and began pulling the telescoping radio antenna to its full ninety-six inch length.

The copper filaments gathered in much of the energy, much like a simple radio antenna, converting it to heat that dissipated in the cold night air.

First the computer tried to figure out whether the craft's radio antenna was still pointing at Earth.

At the hospital they even had to explain to Unk that there was a radio antenna under the crown of his skull, and that it would hurt him whenever he did something a good soldier wouldn't ever do.

The radio antenna serving the Kairene headquarters had run up the minaret.

She was surprised to see what looked like a Bureau car parked across the street from her house, but it might just as easily have been a cheap rental or something else - except for the radio antenna, she realized.

The armoured van loomed in the right rear window, its radio antenna shooting up from the centre of the roof like a tapered bowsprit It parked in a space reserved for authorized vehicles directly in front of Jason's taxi.

The radio antenna was being activated, codes sent over a guarded frequency.