Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Looking for alternative sources for
fiberglassspreaders
I built the Catfish Special when I was a new General Class ham back in
1965.
The article was in the November 1965 CQ Magazine page 11. It worked
amazingly well for a cheap 2 element Yagi built by a 9th grader and it
stayed up until I went to college and my parents moved. My mom provided
the
freezer foil, dad worked for an electrical contractor so I was able to
score
lots of black electrical tape to wrap over the foil. I didn't use TV
stand-offs for the elements I scrounged some ceramic stand-offs. I don't
remember where I got the bamboo poles but since we had just built a new
home
the wood needed was available. Recently I have looked for bamboo poles and
they are not easy to find. I was thinking of seeing just how cheap I could
reproduce it in todays dollars. Anyone wanting the .pdf on this old
article
email me with "Catfish" on the subject line, 73, Ron W8RJL
----- Original Message -----
From: "W5GN" <w5gn@mxg.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Looking for alternative sources for
fiberglassspreaders
Even cheaper was the 2 el 15 meter beam using a 2x4 as the boom,
1x2 by 4 feet to which was mounted bamboo fishing poles
wrapped with aluminum foil and a small loading coil on the
director. Played magnificent (in the 1958 Sun Spots!)
This was from CQ Magazine, I think, and called the Catfish Special
Barry, W5GN
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