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Post by tubefan on Dec 25, 2018 15:03:06 GMT -5
An old timer in my area had this antenna still mounted to his back porch. It was hooked up to an old tube Lafayette CB. I asked him about it and he said come on in. We went to his garage were the radio was on a desk. Said it had not been turned on in 25 years. He plugged it in. Warmed up in about 3 min with no smoke or hum. He put it on 19 and asked for a break. Guy came back to him about 10 miles away. Pretty cool. He told me the Antenna was purchased with the radio in the 70s sometime. I asked were are the groundplane radials and he replied that the antenna does not have them it is like a bigstick straight up. He then said If I take it down I could have it. So I took it down in about 10 min. Told me he will call me about the radio. Sid he wants to ask his son first if he wants it. If not he will give it to me. So, Any ideas on what this antenna is? It is approx. 19ft tall. Attachment DeletedAttachment DeletedAttachment Deleted |
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Post by Sandbagger on Dec 25, 2018 20:18:53 GMT -5
An old timer in my area had this antenna still mounted to his back porch. It was hooked up to an old tube Lafayette CB. I asked him about it and he said come on in. We went to his garage were the radio was on a desk. Said it had not been turned on in 25 years. He plugged it in. Warmed up in about 3 min with no smoke or hum. He put it on 19 and asked for a break. Guy came back to him about 10 miles away. Pretty cool. He told me the Antenna was purchased with the radio in the 70s sometime. I asked were are the groundplane radials and he replied that the antenna does not have them it is like a bigstick straight up. He then said If I take it down I could have it. So I took it down in about 10 min. Told me he will call me about the radio. Sid he wants to ask his son first if he wants it. If not he will give it to me. So, Any ideas on what this antenna is? It is approx. 19ft tall. View AttachmentView AttachmentView AttachmentI knew someone who had that antenna back in the early 80's. I forget the name, but I think it was made by Antenna Specialists. This was one of the first antennas to comply with the tighter antenna restrictions imposed by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. It's still aluminum but it's isolated from the mast and the coax connector. They use some sort of capacitive coupling. Which brings up another point, they don't take a lot of power. My friend burned his out with 100 watts or so of power. After that, he gave me the antenna, and I tried to repair it, but there's no way to open up the base without destroying it, so I just used the aluminum pieces for other antenna projects. |
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Post by 2600 on Dec 25, 2018 23:56:18 GMT -5
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Post by tubefan on Dec 26, 2018 15:04:48 GMT -5
Thank you guys for the answer. Much appreciated.
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