If I understand what you are looking for, our club made quite a few of them
here mainly for DFing. They were used on 2 meters, no reason they couldn't
be made for 220 or 440. Not pretty but functional and quite resilient to
getting thrown around. Roll up into a relatively small package and won't
break when thrown into the trunk or pickup bed without being rolled up.
Just a piece of pipe and any old cheapo tape measure cut to length per
element and attached. http://home.att.net/~jleggio/projects/rdf/tape_bm.htm
for 2 meter dimensions.
I don't see them working for HF, even 10 meters, the tape would not be
sturdy enough to stand out 8 ft 3 inches. Or you would have to center load
them, way to much complexity for a tape measure beam.
73, Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard W3CQH" <hgorden@adelphia.net>
To: <antennaware@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 11:12 AM
Subject: [Antennaware] LQQking for source
> LQQking for a source of a TAPE antenna. Unit has center mounting bolt or
> hook, and both arms are tapes measures that unwind from the center unit.
> The unit also comes with a chart of frequencies vs tape lengths.
> This antenna can be used on both HF & VHF.
> Thanks,
>
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