[Milsurplus] WWII German NVIS Antennas

[Meir-WF2U]

I think have references to the antenna in question. The East-German Army
(German Democratic Republic Peoples’ Army) or NVA in German still used the
same type antennas on their command APC’s.
I have the book “Communications Technology in the NVA” written – in German -
after the reunification of the two Germanies by Guenther  Fietsch DL9WSM.
Guenther was an NVA signals officer and after the demise of the Communist
regime he became a military radio collector/dealer. I personally got
accessories and info for some Russian radios from him, and he autographed
the book I’m referring to.
The antenna is called “Rahmenantenne” – “Frame antenna” when it’s mounted on
the APC and it’s also called a “Dachantenne” – “Roof antenna” when it’s on
top of a Deuce-type (6x6) communication van. The difference between these
two is that the “frame antenna stands off higher from the metal body of the
APC and it’s close to the roof of  the van. The HF transmitter used with
these antennas is the R-130M  40W  CW/AM/SSB transceiver, covering from 1.5
MHz to 10.99MHz.
When the “frame” or “roof” antennas are used, the transceiver output is
routed to a special antenna tuner which provides a balanced output as these
antennas require.
I don’t know whether these antennas are the same as the WW2 vintage ones,
but they certainly look a lot like those.
I can ask Guenther for more info on them.

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC

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Subject: RE: [Milsurplus] WWII German NVIS Antennas



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> de WB2CPN
> When I inquired into the characteristics of these
> antennas a few years ago it seems no one ever
> heard of them. The only info I had was just
> one picture from the Africa Corps. I am still
> hoping that someone will find a WWII German
> manual or something on that radio set. I don't
> know of any other way to actually get the facts.
> You'd think the German Army Officers School
> would have a library going way back.
> 73 Clete

I thought i told you the way to get the facts. 
If you want to pursue it, get the manuals for the vehicle transmitters
30WS 80WS and 100WS.  Also get the manual i referred to in my last 
post. Otherwise, go to the Army Communicator site for photo analysis
guesswork (wrong.) -Hue