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to: ED VANCE
from: TOM WALKER
date: 2014-04-20 08:23:00
subject: Re: Resurrected

EV> EV>> I don't think I even had heard of a Log Periodic Antenna in the
EV> EV>> early to mid 1960's.

EV> RW>> Ummmm. They were on every rooftop of houses with a TV set. Most
EV> RW>> of them were dual banders, aka VHF and UHF...when I worked for
EV> RW>> Solar Turbines in San Diego c1967, a younger friend and I built
EV> RW>> a few for our own use. He was a tool & die apprentice, I was
EV> RW>> t&d journeyman at the time and he lived two blocks down the
EV> RW>> street from me.

EV>I can't remember seeing any before the late 1960s.

EV>I just remembered I bought a WineGuard TV antenna from my boss when He
EV>Retired as Lockmaster at first Lock and Dam I worked at.
EV>That was probably 1969 or 1970 but I didn't use it until sometime after
EV>1974 when I moved to the city where I could get a TV Signal.
EV>That WineGuard TV Antenna had VHF and UHF and now that I think about it,
EV>I'd guess it is a Log Periodic Antenna, I never thought of it that way
EV>when I first started commenting about LPA TV antenna to You, I apologize
EV>for continuing this lenghty discussion about them.

I stil have one of those on the roof feeding a TV by the wifes sewing
machine and where she does the Ironing. Because of my location since the
TV stations went Digital it only picks up Ch 8 and 10.
I have a "round toit" to run a coax hoked up to my Cox Basic Cable feed.

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