[ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] Re: Antenna tricks

[Ray Fantini]

While I was out in Dayton I stopped at the AF museum on Sunday and one
of the things I saw was the HF antenna setup for the B-36, its a long
wire that runs horizontal  from the front of the ship to the tail of the
ship. its feed by about a eight inch vertical stub from the side of the
ship to the horizontal element. dose this mean that the little stub is
the radiating element and the long horizontal element is just a
capacitor? No wonder they were retired from service.
Ray Fantini KA3EKH