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How an aerial mechanism works

sciencegirl
in Classical Physics

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can someone explain how an automatic aerial on a radio works??......... motor could it be what mechanisms makes it pop out

 

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I believe they have a motor that feeds or winds back up a spool of nylon or plastic cable a bit like thick fishing line, that pushes up the antenna or pulls it down again.

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