[Milsurplus] TRD-4 ant / Adcocks

Robert Wilder [email protected]
Sat, 25 May 2002 14:02:02 -0500


At 11:02 AM 5/25/2002 -0400, Marty R's GI-stuff haunt wrote:
>Adcock antenna:
>
>   2 verticals* spaced a quarter-wave

If I remember correctly, the antenna on the TRD-4 used 5, not 2 verticals 
set up in a square with the fifth antenna in the middle

X            X
         X
X            X arrangement.



>       -and-
>
>   connected with 3/4 ELECTRICAL transmission line length.
>
>and fed at the third-length point.

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