[ARC5] WOW

[MARK DORNEY]

It is true that the set would be rare. That is what makes the game so much of a challenge. 

Mark D. 
WW2RDO

“In matters of style, float with the current. In matters of Principle, stand like a rock. “.   -   Thomas Jefferson 

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> On Aug 1, 2021, at 2:05 AM, Robert Downs via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> First, the standard WW-II MF/HF vehicular whip antenna was 15 feet long,
> made up of five 3' sections, MS-49 through MS-53 or 3 x MS-116-A plus
> MS-117-A and MS-118-A.  Most of the HF transmitters had a variable and/or
> tapped loading coil to make up for the less than 1/4 wavelength antennas.  A
> few of the officially sanctioned sets could, at a halt, put up a 24'
> vertical, adding either MS-54, MS-55 and MS-56 or 3 x MS-54.  Both of these
> installations required guys so could not be used on a moving vehicle.
> 
> Bear in mind also that at least officially, the HF Command transmitters were
> not used in ground vehicles.  Ad hoc installations like the Command Set in
> the 'Follow Me' jeep that accounted for most of the traffic on this list
> yesterday and the day before were rare.
> 
> Robert Downs
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of Hubert Miller
> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2021 23:44
> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] WOW
> 
> Something I wondered about, and wiser heads may wish to straighten me out:
> How did the presumably 3 - 4 and 4 - 5 and  / or 5 - 7 MHz transmitters work
> into
> a vehicle antenna? I seem to recall the ARRL Handbook one year in an article
> on
> using Command Sets transmitters, said 15 foot was the minimum should be used
> with the 7 - 9 transmitter. I doubt the Jeep antenna was much over about 10
> foot
> maximum. 
> -Hue Miller 
> 
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