[ForSale-Swap] Beam help needed

[Frank J. Mercurio]

I'll verify that it is a CL-33 with a type N connector and the 
referenced feed ... mine's still operational and has been since I got 
it, used, around 1970!

Frank W9FM

William Shirley wrote:

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> 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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> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 5:29 PM
> Subject: [ForSale-Swap] Beam help needed
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>> 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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