[ForSale-Swap] Beam help needed

[William Shirley]

That appears to be Classic 33 with the connector in the center.  Take a 
closer look as well.  I've only seen CL-33s with a  female "N" connector.

Randy
N4QV

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From: "rayfri" <rayfri at highstream.net>
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Subject: [ForSale-Swap] Beam help needed


> ______________________________________________________________
>
> Need the help of the group.
> Today I took down a 30 foot tower and a triband beam at a ham widow's 
> home.
> The beam I thought was a Mosely TA-33 ... it has the cylindrical traps 
> like a TA-33.   However, looking at the TA-33 manual
> on BAMA, I'm not so sure now.
> On the driven element, when I disassembled the sections, there was an 
> unterminated length of coax on each side of the coax connection.
> It was just inside the elements ... almost like the antenna was being 
> capacitive fed.
> The center connections for the coax on the driven element are not like the 
> TA-33 manual either...    There is a so-239 at the center on a black 
> cylindrical insulater that the driven element halves are fastened into. So 
> I'm not sure it is a TA-33 ... unless it is a newer model of TA-33..
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
> Ray   WA7ITZ
>
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