I think the disc-cone is a close relative. There is one of these on the
bow of the Iowa BB in Long Beach. During a tour by W6HB, I was told
they would have 25+ full duplex TTY circuits open at one time on this
and 4 whip antennas mounted on the superstructure.
Another piece of battleship antenna trivia is how they patterned
antennas without any of the computer techniques now available. They
made about an 8ft long fully detailed model in brass and excited
antennas under test at UHF+.
Grant KZ1W
On 4/7/2022 09:44, Kenneth Grimm wrote:
The first time I saw one it was called the Folded Umbrella and was
popularized by the late WB5IIR, John Haerle. He wrote an article for HR in
May of 1979. He also described it in his book, "The Easy Way." I've been
using my own version of the basic design on 160 for several years.
73,
Ken - K4XL
On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 12:24 PM Mark - N5OT <r-emails@n5ot.com> wrote:
Conical Monopole
Say that fast 3 times:
Conical Monopole
Conical Monopole
Conical Monopole
Right. The first time I saw one, it was called a Folded Unipole. My 160
support can be probably 80' or 24 meters. I have considered my options
for broad-banding it for 160. This is one of the choices.
Mark N5OT
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