Also had an array of rhombics at Bingen, plenty of SP-600's. Used primarily for reception. Our GRC-26 used a dipole for xmt/rcv DF work. That was 55 to 58. I'd have loved to have my K3 and 3 el steppIR back then. They didn't get the FLR-9 at Chicksands until after I left in Jun 62. Got my ham license in Nov 61 while in G land but didn't operate until I got back stateside. Yeah, good ole days.
73, Rick W7LKG (ex 293x1) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jim Campbell Sent: Friday, September 13, 2019 17:46 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Rhombic antenna "gain" 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 > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
