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Article: Rhode Island University Technician Creates Next Big Small Thing in Antennas.
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- Providence Journal (Providence, RI)
- Article date:
- June 10, 2004
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Byline: Jennifer D. Jordan
Jun. 10--SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Rob Vincent never outgrew his childhood hobby as an amateur radio operator. He wrapped his parents' house in Warren with wires and later tinkered in basement workshops, searching for a way to get better reception without using the large antennas that were always too big for the relatively small homes he lived in.
His current house in Warwick sits on a small lot, so ham radio buddies in Cumberland and Westport let him install various antennas on their properties a couple of years ago, converting their yards into test sites for Vincent's myriad experiments.
Now 60, Vincent believes he ...