We also had Elephant Cages later on. Funny no one has mentioned them. If
you want to see a real monster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/FLR-9
Also known as a "Wullenweber" or AN/FLR-9.
Jim - W4BQP
On 9/13/2019 8:28 PM, Dick Dievendorff wrote:
Small world. I was in a similar line of work, for the Navy, using an R-390,
but I don't think we had Rhombics. This was in the mid-60's
Lots of us in ham radio.
73 de Dick, K6KR
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On
Behalf Of Jim Campbell
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2019 17:21
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Rhombic antenna "gain"
In the late '50s I was stationed at a field station in Northern Germany that
was monitoring transmissions from the 'other side'. We were at a former WWII
German airfield and had an antenna farm comprised of rhombics. I never
bothered to count how many there were but I estimate that there were more
than a dozen and they were in the order of 90'
above ground. I was a ham at the time (DL4AQ) but not active.
I believe that my K2 and a low 88' doublet hears better than would a rhombic
and a SP-600 from those days. I almost can't believe the signals I'm hearing
at the bottom of the sunspot cycle with said K2 and low 88'
doublet. The old days weren't the good old days.
73,
Jim - W4BQP
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