[TowerTalk] Lightning... and pointed rods!

[n4kg@juno.com]

On Fri, 27 Oct 2000 David Jordan <wa3gin@erols.com> writes:
> Mike,
> 
	SNIP

> Many years ago, I think it was SWAN, a beam went into production 
> with loops of wire at the ends of the elements. Not sure if the loops 
> were for additional capacitance (for shortened elements) or to reduce 
> static noise or both.
> 
	In the late 50's, my dad bought a "WRL Globespanner"
	tribander with open traps and "rug-beaters" on the ends.
	I always suspected that was a precurser to HyGain.
	N4KG

> Also have seen commercial beams  with spheres mounted at the ends of 
> the elements.  Perhaps for the same reasons described above.

	I have an old TELREX  3L20 (actually a research antenna
	originally tuned to  ~13.98 MHz) which has "corona balls"
	on the ends of each element.  N4KG

	SNIP

> HAVE FUN,
> dave
> WA3GIN

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