[ARC5] Antennas

[Robert Eleazer]

A discussion over at the Army Air Forces forum, where I explained to the assembled and no doubt awestruck multitudes that the "antenna mast" seen on some aircraft (Pacific P-40 was the example in question) was in fact simply the lead in for the real antenna - the wire going back to the tail - leads to this question:

Was the AN-104 wooden metal covered antenna you can see in so many pictures (and in old Fair Radio catalogs) always simply just a way to hold the wire antenna for the 274-N up or was it also used as a VHF antenna?

Thanks,

Wayne