[Antennas] Chicken band antenna for 10M

[cboone at earthlink.net]

1) Probably a 1/2wave end fed antenna just like a Ringo (I think Advanti made such a model for CB) .....retuning will require the length be set to 1/2wave on the appropriate freq and then tune the ring for lowest SWR.
2) Probably no problem with that distance....
3) A halfwave end fed antenna does not require a ground plane...should not affect it at all one way or the other
4) See 1 above ;)

Any free aluminum is good for an antenna at any time....

Chris
WB5ITT

-----Original Message-----
>From: Philip <ndb_fch-344 at sbcglobal.net>
>Sent: Feb 2, 2007 3:16 PM
>To: Antennas <antennas at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [Antennas] Chicken band antenna for 10M
>
>Hi All,
>
>I've been offered the base antenna and push-up pole from the estate of a 
>CBer here in the mobile home park (free).  I won't even have to take it down 
>as the "Park handyman" is going to do that.
>
>It appears to be similar to the "Ringo" line of antennas, a tall (5/8ths 
>wave?) stick of aluminum with a small circular ring of aluminum tubing at 
>the base or feed-point, perhaps 12 inches in diameter.  I figured that I 
>would disassemble it, thoroughly clean and polish the aluminum elements and 
>install it to augment my "antenna farm". (roof mounted Butternut HF-2V 
>vertical for 75/40M, Alpha Delta DX-EE fan dipole for 40-10M and inverted 
>Vee's for 20 & 15 M).  It might be very handy when 10M finally opens up 
>again.
>
>QUESTIONS:
>1.  How hard will it be to "retune" this for 10M?  It appears that I could 
>telescope the aluminum tubing down some to shorten it, but what about that 
>aluminum ring?  How do you tune that?
>
>2.  It would be placed roughly 30-36 feet from the Butternut HF-2V and 
>perhaps 15 feet from the push-up pole that supports one end of the DX-EE and 
>the center of the Inverted Vee's.  I suspect that this will affect it's 
>tuning/pattern somewhat, but is it likely to cause problems to the HF-2V?
>
>3.  Apparently this antenna requires no groundplane, the roof is sheet-metal 
>and I figured on mounting the antenna just 1-2 feet above the roof-line.  Is 
>that likely to cause a problem with this "Ringo style" antenna?
>
>4.  I call it a "Ringo Style" since I really don't know who made it.  I 
>haven't been able to get close enough to it to examine it yet, but is this 
>style of antenna worth putting up?  I figured on using it when the 10M band 
>opens up (come-on spots :) and perhaps even put up a 10M beacon if I can 
>find an old CB radio to convert.
>
>73 de Phil,  KO6BB
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>
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