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

[Scott Johnson]

That's pretty much standard for all heavies, even some KC-135's have a 
longwire in addition to the jousting pole on the tail (if they were fitted 
with two HF's), also the lonwire allows effective operation below 6 MHz)

Scott
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Fantini" <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu>
To: <cosmoline at ba-watch.org>
Cc: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] Re: Antenna tricks


> 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
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