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> Hi guys.
>
> All the navy and coast guard ships I have ever seen, and been on
> many, all
> have vertical antennas for HF. They usually have two, on opposite sides,
> one on starboard and one on port.
>
> I have never seen a beam on one for HF. Doesn't this say something?
>
> Ted K6HI
> Kona, HI
>
Speaking as an ex-Navy radioman, I can tell you that had there been beams
onboard my ship, I would have become a cook.
Maintaining verticals? Not much of a problem--we had 8 or 10 of them spaced
around the flight deck perimeter (600' long helo carrier--LPH-3). There's
nothing like being lowered over the side in a bosun's chair by your
co-workers, 50' above the water, to clean vertical base insulators.
I can recall seeing the U.S.S. Annapolis (AGMR-1) once. It had beams. It
also was only commissioned for about 4 years.
I found a webpage with a picture of her:
http://www.easley.net/lamberth/anna/anna-1.htm
73,
dale, kg5u
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