04-21-14 10:42 Roy Witt wrote to Ed Vance about Resurrected   
      
    RW> @MSGID: <5355973E.340.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    RW> Greetings Ed!   
   Howdy! Roy,   
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    RW> This kind of antenna experimenting is what brought me to   
    RW> Amateur Radio in 1970...now that I could work VHF and UHF, the   
    RW> antennas I built were much easier to handle...   
      
   Another antenna I had 'thought' about almost 50 years ago, but never   
   made was the 6 Meter Corner Reflector mounted horizontally.   
   I thought it looked real neat, but even if I used Hardware Cloth for   
   the reflector element it would probably get Blown Down in a Storm as   
   big as that thing would be if I made it for 50.7 Mc/s.   
      
   I saw a HF Discone Antenna was used on all four of the AirCraft   
   Carriers I served on while I was in the U.S. Navy, and also being told   
   it was a BROADBAND Antenna that was used to Transmit on a range of   
   frequencies from (IIRC) 4-30 Mc/s (using an Antenna Coupler/Tuner)   
   really made me drool over wanting one of those MONSTER Vertical   
   polarized antennas.   
      
   I 'Think' I recall that several Transmitters on different frequencies   
   could be connected to the Discone (through Antenna Tuners) and used at   
   the same time.   
      
   During Air Craft Landing Operations the Discone was tilted 90 degrees   
   towards the outside of the Ship making it a Horizontal Antenna, as far   
   as I know the Transmitters and Antenna Tuners didn't have to be readjusted   
      
    RW> And you guys thought CB'ers were nothing but skip talking   
    RW> truckers and hillbillies...   
      
   I waited to reply to your last comment until I thought what to write   
   about Class D Citizens Band to You, as this is a Amateur Radio Echo and   
   not a Citizens Band Echo.   
      
   As I understand it CB'ers only use FCC Approved Radios Made For the   
   Citizens Band Service For Channels 1 - 23 Only, until the FCC increased   
   the number of Channels Licensed CB Operators could Transmit on to 40,   
   with a Power Level Not Exceeding 5 Watts.   
      
   Anyone else transmitting on a frequency not authorized by the FCC,   
   AND/OR Transmitting with a Power Level above 5 Watts is a BOOTLEGGER!   
      
    RW> Anybody interested in building UHF stacked Quagi's, let me   
    RW> know..   
      
   That sounds like stacked Quads, is that what a Quagi is?   
      
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