Oops! I added one too many elements, but I believe most of the manufacturers
had the same sort of arrangement with two trapped elements and a seperate
reflector for 10.
Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Mystery tribander
> Or it could be a Cushcraft ATB-34.
>
> How is the driven element attached to the boom? If it fits into a
> cylindrical phenolic insulator it is *probably* the ATB34. They normally
> used a balum but direct coax connections were not unusual with about a 10
> turn choke. The line/balun was attached to the driven element of the
> ATB-34 with single 1/4-20 SS screw on each side which turned in to hold
> the
> element, while locking nuts and washers held the line/balun. If that
> doesn't describeit, then it's not an ATB-34.
>
> HyGain made one as well, (TH-4 I believe). At any rate they also had one
> with three elements with traps and one single element used as a 10meter
> reflector. So, although the antenna had 4 elements it really operated as
> a
> three element on each band with better spacing for the 10 meter reflector
> had it been part of the longer reflector with traps.
>
> There are a lot of similarities between the various makes for this
> particular antenna, but each tended to use a slightly different method of
> feeding and mounting the drivern element.
>
> Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
> N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
> www.rogerhalstead.com
>
>
>
>
>> In a message dated 4/28/2005 8:57:44 PM Central America Standard Tim,
>> c_hurlbut@adelphia.net writes:
>> Here is the problem. It *looks* like it has 2 elements on 15 and 20,
>> and 3 elements on 10, the 3rd element being a non-trapped 10m only.
>> Does this sound familiar to anyone?
>> Sounds to me like my Mosley Classic CL-36 tribander.
>>
>> Dave, WT8R
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