[TowerTalk] identify this antenna

[jim]

Thats correct Jim-EA. They were advertised as available from 440-500, 
but manufactured to a customer
specified 10MHz window, ie: 450-460, etc.
Cheers, Jim WA9Z




jim Jarvis wrote:
>>> Some friends locally took down a tower at the request of a new  
>>> 'non-ham' owner and they are asking me to try and find out what this
>>> antenna is, does anyone know.
>>>
>>> http://americanaerial.ad5vj.com/mysteryantenna/
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bob AD5VJ
>>>
>>>       
>
> Bob,
>
> Looks to be a vertical collinear, or "franklin" array.   Probable  
> frequency
> determined by the radials = .25 lambda, at the lowest freq.
>
> The ID by w9az, jim, may indeed be correct.   However, with that many
> stacked, phased halfwaves, I would suspect that the bandwidth is
> much less than his the 50 MHz he's suggested.
>
> Jim/N2EA 
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