[TowerTalk] Fw: Help with Tri-bander

[Scott Hotchkiss]

It's not a Jr. That's for sure.
The TH3-Jr. has aluminum wire for the hairpin.
The old style mast-to-boom bracket must be 20++ years old.
de W4PJ
Scott R. Hotchkiss
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

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----- Original Message -----
From: <K7LXC@aol.com>
To: <emoore@windemullerelectric.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fw: Help with Tri-bander


> In a message dated 11/30/00 2:43:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, k0bx@qsl.net
> writes:
>
> > > >From: Eric Moore <emoore@windemullerelectric.com>
> >  > >To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> >  > >Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 9:40 AM
> >  > >Subject: Help with Tri-bander
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >> Hello,
> >  > >>
> >  > >> A friend of mine has an old beam that we are trying to identify.
> >  > >> If you would look on :
> >  > >>
> >  > >> http://members.core.com/~oldmor
> >  > >>
> >  > >> There are three pictures there, and maybe you can help identify
the
> > beam.
> >  > >>
> >  > >> It is some kind of Hy-Gain, but are not sure which model.  Any
help is
> >  > >> greatly appreciated.
>
>     I'd say it's an OLD TH-3. TH-2 had 2 elements, TH-3 had 3 elements,
TH-5
> had 5, etc.
>
>     This is probably a 30 year old or more antenna. Does it still work?
>
>     They used to make a TH-3 Jr. that was only good up to 300 watts or so.
> I'd be careful about running any power into it.
>
> Cheers,   Steve    K7LXC
> Tower Tech
>
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