[ARC5] [Milsurplus] Antenna question

[Scott Johnson]

Glideslope, definitely.

Scott W7SVj

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Subject: Re: [ARC5] [Milsurplus] Antenna question

Probably the glideslope antenna, it's up in the 300 MHz range.   Today 
they hide inside the radar radome on the nose.
Tom/W4OKW
Speaking of C-130/P-3/Electra/B707/CV880/990 anyway.

On 10/22/2012 4:39 PM, Jim Haynes wrote:
> Omnirange, I suspect.
>
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2012, Jack Antonio wrote:
>
>> On the nose of many 50s era aircraft was a little antenna, in the 
>> form of a U with the open end mounted toward the fuselage. There also 
>> was a rod down the middle of the U. I don't know the exact size, but 
>> a guess from fuzzy memory is about 6 to 9" long.
>>
>> What was this antenna?  IFF, Glide Slope?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Jack Antonio WA7DIA/4
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