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From: Dean Straw <n6bv@arrl.org>
To: n4kg@juno.com
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 09:49:20 -0800
Subject: RE: Re: [Towertalk]
Tom:
Fig 23 in Chapter 22 was corrected in the third printing of the 18th
Edition
of "The ARRL Antenna Book" and is correct in the 19th Edition. (Actually,
I
think it was corrected in the second printing, but I don't have a copy
here.
For sure it was fixed in the third printing.)
73, Dean Straw, N6BV
Senior Assistant Technical Editor, ARRL
Editor, The ARRL Antenna Book
> -----Original Message-----
> From: n4kg@juno.com [mailto:n4kg@juno.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 9:03 AM
> To: K1ZZ@ARRL.ORG; K8CH@Starband.net; N6BV@ARRL.ORG
> Subject: Fw: Re: [Towertalk]
>
>
> See note about improper cable clamp positioning
> in the 18 edition of the ARRL Antenna Book.
>
> --------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
> To: K7LXC@aol.com, towertalk@contesting.com
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 09:31:35 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Huh?!?
>
> At 09:19 AM 11/6/02 -0500, K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
> > Is it my imagination or are the cable clamps in the illustration
> >BACKWARDS? More good engineering from the people that brought you the
> Hazer?
> >
> ><A HREF="http://www.glenmartin.com/catalog/page18.html";>
> >http://www.glenmartin.com/catalog/page18.html</A>
> >
>
> Yes, but I'm afraid they're not alone. For example, on page 22-11 of
the
>
> Antenna Book, 18th edition, Figure 25, three cable clamps are shown
> installed in alternating directions! You can't tell which is the dead
> end in that drawing, but either one or two of the clamps must be wrong.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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