[Milsurplus] Higgins PT Boat Whip Antenna?

[mac]

Common WW2 antenna mount used on Sherman tanks, half-tracks and  
elsewhere (exact designator escapes me at the moment).  For a 15 Ft.  
antenna the mast sections would be MS-49 to MS-53 inclusive (5  
sections).  For a 25 Ft. antenna use mast sections MS-49 to MS-56  
inclusive.  Some of these sections are getting hard to find now.

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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On Dec 17, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Nick England wrote:

> Hi Gang - can anyone help?
> I've posted his photo of the PT-659 whip antenna base at
> http://www.navy-radio.com/ant/ant-pt-whip.JPG
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Robert Stengl <robert.stengl at nationalww2museum.org>
> Date: Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 1:25 PM
> Subject: Higgins PT Boat Whip Antenna
> To: "nick at navy-radio.com" <nick at navy-radio.com>
>
> Hello,
> I'm restoring a PT boat from WWII and request assistance regarding a
> whip antenna.
>
> I have a picture of the whip antenna base from PT-659 that we
> cannibalized for the PT-305 which is an earlier model.
>
> Premex is the only antenna maker I know of and just looked at the base
> we have from the 659 (IMG_0615) and it has identifying marks; the
> copyright symbol followed by "LAPP".  So I think there was a company
> known as LAPP Engineering & Co. The Higgins boat builder drawing have
> no reference to either.
>
> Do you know which whip antenna we should be looking for?
>
> I also am seeking a SO radar set and IFF for this project.  Do you
> have any suggestions on where I may look?
>
> Any information is appreciated.
>
> Robert Stengl
> Boat Builder
> PT-305 Restoration Project
> National WWII Museum
> 945 Magazine St.
> New Orleans, La  70130
> 504-528-1944 Ext 375
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