[GreenKeys] 'Russian woodpecker' of old...

[Randy and Sherry Guttery]

  On 10/15/2010 9:12 AM, Larry Tighe wrote:
> I suspect the cone shape of the feed ends of the elements 
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>
> I was thinking the cones were to increase the bandwith of 
> the antenna.
Certainly makes sense.  Sherry and I were wondering between 
ourselves last night looking at some of the photos how they 
"tuned" those things over the operation frequency range...  
as it appears the "center" of each element is grounded via 
it's support structure.  Truly remarkable in scope.

best regards..!

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randy guttery

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