04-21-14 10:42 Roy Witt wrote to Ed Vance about Resurrected

 RW> {at}MSGID: 
 RW> Greetings Ed!
Howdy! Roy,
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 RW> This kind of antenna experimenting is what brought me to
 RW> Amateur Radio in 1970...now that I could work VHF and UHF, the
 RW> antennas I built were much easier to handle...

Another antenna I had 'thought' about almost 50 years ago, but never
made was the 6 Meter Corner Reflector mounted horizontally.
I thought it looked real neat, but even if I used Hardware Cloth for
the reflector element it would probably get Blown Down in a Storm as
big as that thing would be if I made it for 50.7 Mc/s.

I saw a HF Discone Antenna was used on all four of the AirCraft
Carriers I served on while I was in the U.S. Navy, and also being told
it was a BROADBAND Antenna that was used to Transmit on a range of
frequencies from (IIRC) 4-30 Mc/s (using an Antenna Coupler/Tuner)
really made me drool over wanting one of those MONSTER Vertical
polarized antennas.

I 'Think' I recall that several Transmitters on different frequencies
could be connected to the Discone (through Antenna Tuners) and used at
the same time.

During Air Craft Landing Operations the Discone was tilted 90 degrees
towards the outside of the Ship making it a Horizontal Antenna, as far
as I know the Transmitters and Antenna Tuners didn't have to be readjusted

 RW> And you guys thought CB'ers were nothing but skip talking
 RW> truckers and hillbillies...

I waited to reply to your last comment until I thought what to write
about Class D Citizens Band to You, as this is a Amateur Radio Echo and
not a Citizens Band Echo.

As I understand it CB'ers only use FCC Approved Radios Made For the
Citizens Band Service For Channels 1 - 23 Only, until the FCC increased
the number of Channels Licensed CB Operators could Transmit on to 40,
with a Power Level Not Exceeding 5 Watts.

Anyone else transmitting on a frequency not authorized by the FCC,
AND/OR Transmitting with a Power Level above 5 Watts is a BOOTLEGGER!

 RW> Anybody interested in building UHF stacked Quagi's, let me
 RW> know..

That sounds like stacked Quads, is that what a Quagi is?

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