Loudenboomer: 1962 1 KW linear amplifier also known as a Hallicrafters
HT-45, not to be confused with the Eargesplitten Loudenboomer .22 cal
cartridge.
In the mid 60's, the MARS station at Bien Hoa AB Vietnam [AI8AB] put up
a 5el 3 frequency quad at 27 m for non-amateur MARS frequencies. It
resembled a dummy load in the transmit efficiency department. A small
tornado came through one afternoon, removed the roof of a nearby RVN
chow hall, and scrambled the quad which, post tornado, was a vertical
CobWebb with some extra spreaders hanging loosely. And, it began
working very well.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
On 1/4/2021 5:30 AM, CUTTER DAVID via Elecraft wrote:
There was indeed a Loudenboomer made by a Brit back in the 60s / 70s and I
think it was G3TPW Steve Webb who moved on to make the Cobwebb antenna.
David G3UNA
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