[Elecraft] Reaching across the chronological divide

[Fred Jensen]

Loudenboomer:  1962 1 KW linear amplifier also known as a Hallicrafters 
HT-45, not to be confused with the Eargesplitten Loudenboomer .22 cal 
cartridge.

In the mid 60's, the MARS station at Bien Hoa AB Vietnam [AI8AB] put up 
a 5el 3 frequency quad at 27 m for non-amateur MARS frequencies.  It 
resembled a dummy load in the transmit efficiency department.  A small 
tornado came through one afternoon, removed the roof of a nearby RVN 
chow hall, and scrambled the quad which, post tornado, was a vertical 
CobWebb with some extra spreaders hanging loosely.  And, it began 
working very well.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 1/4/2021 5:30 AM, CUTTER DAVID via Elecraft wrote:
> There was indeed a Loudenboomer made by a Brit back in the 60s / 70s and I think it was G3TPW Steve Webb who moved on to make the Cobwebb antenna.
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> David G3UNA
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