[Antennas] RE: Strange Antenna ?????

[Jim Isbell]

Its a very old antenna.  Used in the 1920s.  It is a very broad band 
antenna  so you can cover an entire band without a tuner,  It is fed as 
a center fed dipole.  The multiple wires form the "skin" of a large 
diameter element (giving it the broad band characteristic).

Orrin Bentz wrote:

>Hello Group
>
>I have seen this type of antenna on the roofs foreign embassies in quite a 
>few countries.
>
>It is horizontal with 3' or 4' circular rings like hula hoops spaced about 
>10' to 15' apart. Then multiple
>wires are attached to the periphery of the rings running horizontally. The 
>termination at each end is made
>up of all of the wires brought into a cone. I tried to take some pictures to 
>see where the feed point was
>and what the details of the end termination were, but my telephoto wasn't 
>long enough to bring out any detail.
>
>Does anyone know anyhing about this type of antenna. Nothing is mentioned 
>about this device in any of
>my antenna books, including the new ARRL Antenna Book, Krause, or any of my 
>otherbooks.
>
>Any help would be appreciated as this question has been bugging me for 
>years.
>
>Regards
>
>Orrin Bentz
>47.1234703   -93.5748444
> 
>
>
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