The South Park cartoon actually did a skit on this where a character opens a theme park and then tells everyone they can't come in. In turn, according to the skit, this generated a public panic to get into the park.
It is reverse logic. But it has been demonstrated that by limiting supply you can (two fold) increase the price and increase the ‘zeal’ to get one.
But for the antenna, there must be a physical reason. There is no way you can ‘block’ reception by putting your hand on an antenna unless there is a grounding issue. But then, more than likely, you would increase reception.
I don't know. But it is definitely a physical problem.
That was Cartman (natch) who, when he inherited a load of money from his grandmother, buys an amusement park so he doesn’t have to wait in line ever again.
Then he has to hire a guard to keep everyone else out, which means he has to let in a few people every day to fund that paycheckan and ao on.
Pretty soon, the park is overrun with people again.
But for the antenna, there must be a physical reason. There is no way you can ‘block’ reception by putting your hand on an antenna unless there is a grounding issue. But then, more than likely, you would increase reception.
I can only speak from experience, but I know on my old phones with pop up antennas that covering the antenna with my hand dropped signal strength. I experimented with it a few times and signal strength dropped when I covered the antenna and picked back up when I took my hand away.
The new Futurama did a show about the “eyephone”, in which they kept telling customers they were “running out”, and then the customer would come to the counter and say “any left”, and they’d say “there might be one left”, and reach into the back room where there where millions being made and delivered to baskets.
They also mounted the eyephone IN the eye. But it didn’t have reception problems.
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