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Hidetsugu Yagi, a Common card
Hidetsugu Yagi was a Japanese electrical engineer from Osaka, Japan.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 51
- DEF
- 25
- Power
- 76
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,400
Power 76 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
Hidetsugu Yagi quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hidetsugu Yagi card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Antennas of this type were widely used for television and radio reception, and are still common in ______ and radar systems.
Answer
communication. Antennas of this type were widely used for television and radio reception, and are still common in communication and radar systems. From the Hidetsugu Yagi article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Yagi-Uda antenna, patented in ____, allows directional transmission using radio waves, and is especially useful in the very high frequency and ultra high frequency radio bands.
Answer
1920s. The Yagi-Uda antenna, patented in 1926, allows directional transmission using radio waves, and is especially useful in the very high frequency and ultra high frequency radio bands. From the Hidetsugu Yagi article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gottfried Kirch. Gottfried Kirch 56 · Hidetsugu Yagi 51 · Jordan Hubbard 48 · Ollam 43 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- When working at Tohoku Imperial University, he wrote several articles that introduced a new antenna designed by his assistant Shintaro Uda to the English-speaking world.
- The Yagi-Uda antenna, patented in 1926, allows directional transmission using radio waves, and is especially useful in the very high frequency and ultra high frequency radio bands.
- Antennas of this type were widely used for television and radio reception, and are still common in communication and radar systems.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hidetsugu Yagi article was read about 6,400 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 51 and blocks with 25: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Hidetsugu Yagi
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hidetsugu Yagi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : 共同通信社, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
