[Elecraft] Rhombic antenna "gain"

[Richard S. Leary]

Also had an array of rhombics at Bingen, plenty of SP-600's. Used primarily for reception. Our GRC-26 used a dipole for xmt/rcv DF work. That was 55 to 58. I'd have loved to have my K3 and 3 el steppIR back then. They didn't get the FLR-9 at Chicksands until after I left in Jun 62. Got my ham license in Nov 61 while in G land but didn't operate until I got back stateside. Yeah, good ole days.

73, 
Rick W7LKG (ex 293x1)

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From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Jim Campbell
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2019 17:46
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Rhombic antenna "gain"

We also had Elephant Cages later on. Funny no one has mentioned them. If you want to see a real monster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/FLR-9
Also known as a "Wullenweber" or AN/FLR-9.

Jim -  W4BQP
On 9/13/2019 8:28 PM, Dick Dievendorff wrote:
> Small world. I was in a similar line of work, for the Navy, using an 
> R-390, but I don't think we had Rhombics.  This was in the mid-60's
>
> Lots of us in ham radio.
>
> 73 de Dick, K6KR
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Jim Campbell
> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2019 17:21
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Rhombic antenna "gain"
>
> In the late '50s I was stationed at a field station in Northern 
> Germany that was monitoring transmissions from the 'other side'. We 
> were at a former WWII German airfield and had an antenna farm 
> comprised of rhombics. I never bothered to count how many there were 
> but I estimate that there were more than a dozen and they were in the order of 90'
> above ground. I was a ham at the time (DL4AQ) but not active.
>
> I believe that my K2 and a low 88' doublet hears better than would a 
> rhombic and a SP-600 from those days. I almost can't believe the 
> signals I'm hearing at the bottom of the sunspot cycle with said K2 and low 88'
> doublet. The old days weren't the good old days.
>
> 73,
>
> Jim - W4BQP
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