I still get a kick out of thinking that I worked INSIDE of the antenna! (Rota’s FLR-9)
Si vis pacem, para bellum Mike, W1USN > On Sep 13, 2019, at 8:45 PM, Jim Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > <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] >> <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> On >> Behalf Of Jim Campbell >> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2019 17:21 >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm <http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> > Post: mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net <http://www.qsl.net/> > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > <http://www.qsl.net/donate.html> > Message delivered to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ______________________________________________________________ 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]
