[Milsurplus] TCS Antenna advice

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Ooops.  Wrong button.

Come to think of it, I've heard the same story, but know of no one who ever 
found one of the things.

In a message dated 6/17/2008 12:20:25 AM Central Daylight Time, 
Jcoward5452 at aol.com writes: 
> Jim and Robert,
>   I was under the impression,from on line conversations some years back, 
> with PT Boat crew members,that the PT whip was solid Monel, about 20 ft 
> long.The ground was probably a hull mounted plate back near the shafts 
> so as to always be in the water.My uncle, Commander Richard 
> Lamborn,deceased, could have told us all...Sadly I was too young to ask.
>   A large number of PT's were burned en masse in the Phillapeans when 
> the war ended, including my uncles.A dive on the site may render 
> clues...but who has the dough to go and look?
>   The last time I had my TCS loaded it worked fine into a 60 ft long 
> wire on 80 meters with a good copper rod 6 feet under.
> Jim,
>   you saw how poorly my TCS worked at MRCG 2007! De-Oxit is the cure but 
> with careful application.
> Jay KE6PPF
> 

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