Hams have always had fun names for things.
I remember an article in QST, maybe back in the early 40s, where they
called a simple wire beam the "Signal Squirter".
:-D
On Thu, Feb 18, 2016, at 12:18 PM, W5GN wrote:
> 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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> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Gene
> Smar
> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 12:46 PM
> To: bw_dw@fastmail.fm; towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Looking for alternative sources for fiberglass
> spreaders
>
> Dee-Dub:
>
> When I was a Novice licensee and dreamed of building a cheap quad
> (which never happened), I read of using bamboo poles as spreaders. The
> intent was to wrap each pole in fiberglass tape to impart some
> weatherproofing. It was suggested in these various sources that local
> rug
> and carpeting stores might be a source. Of course, that was 5 decades
> ago
> and rugs may not come wrapped around bamboo anymore.
>
>
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar AD3F
>
>
> On 02/18/16, dw wrote:
>
> I want to experiment with building a 2-element half-WL wire-beam for 40m.
> I know that Cubex sells fiberglass poles I could use for spreaders.
> Does anyone know of any other sources for fiberglass poles?
>
> Thanks
> N1BBR
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