Towertalk
[Top] [All Lists]

[TowerTalk] Unknown Wilson Yagi?

To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Unknown Wilson Yagi?
From: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 02:53:30 -0400
At 07:23 PM 9/27/01 -0500, Todd Dravland wrote:
>Karl,
>
>I have 2 of the Wilson SY-36 yagis, 3 trapped elements, 3 untrapped on a
>24 ft boom, with whats referred to as a beta match at the feedpoint
>consisting of 2 tubes and a shorting strap across the boom. The driven
>element is insulated from the boom, of course.

The CL-36's feed system was an odd arrangement that had two insulated wires
inside the driven element, apparently capacitatively coupled to the
element.  We had one of these in a club station in downtown DC that worked
pretty well till it got blown off the top of an 8-story building in a storm.

73, Pete N4ZR






List Sponsored by AN Wireless:  AN Wireless handles Rohn tower systems,
Trylon Titan towers, coax, hardline and more. Also check out our self
supporting towers up to 100 feet for under $1500!!  http://www.anwireless.com

-----
FAQ on WWW:               http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/towertalk
Submissions:              towertalk@contesting.com
Administrative requests:  towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com
Problems:                 owner-towertalk@contesting.com


<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>