[Milsurplus] Wanted MS whips (Kenneth G. Gordon)

Fri Feb 16 13:13:52 EST 2018

Ken, if you have an MS-56 I really need one.

Carl

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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 17:17:23 -0800
> From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
> To: <wa5cab at cs.com>
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> On 15 Feb 2018 at 17:56, Robert Downs wrote:
>
> > Ken,
> >
> > No, the ones that he is looking for are the later long hollow ones that
> > first appeared circa 1944 with SCR-694.  Normal HF configuration was
> three
> > MS-116-A stacked plus one each of MS-117-A and MS-118-A.  The MS-116 is
> > 39-3/4" LOA.  The other two are similar.
>
> I think mine are MS-48, or something like that. In any case, they are
> steel and painted black.
> I don't think they are hollow either.
>
> And I can't get to them until the darned snow melts here. It will be 4
> degrees next Monday.
> When I can get to them, I'll report here exactly what they are.
>
> Ken W7EKB
>
> >
> > Randy,
> >
> > To get up to 24' with those sections, you are going to need 8 mast
> sections
> > (6 MS-116 and one each MS-117 and MS-118) and 6 guys.  The bottom three
> guys
> > can be GY-12 and GY-42.  The top set will have to be lengthened GY-12 and
> > GY-42.  The normal mast base for the standard 5-section HF vehicular
> antenna
> > was the MP-65-(*).  It came in binding post versions and in a version
> with a
> > UHF female on the bottom.  It normally mounts onto an MP-50 Mast Base
> > Bracket which attaches to the side of a vehicle.  The MS-116 will also
> screw
> > into an AB-15/GR.
> >
> > The AB-15, unless the rubber is hardened with age, will barely free stand
> > three sections.  Five section will fold over and hit you on the back of
> the
> > head and knock you off of the ladder as soon as you finish screwing the
> > bottom section into it.  However, with a guyed installation, if whatever
> it
> > is mounted to is securely anchored to the ground, it might work.  They
> are
> > much more plentiful than the MP-65.  Another candidate might be the
> MP-68.
> > It has no spring.  It has sockets for three radials which you would just
> > ignore.  And a UHF connector.  It sits onto an AB-35 if I remember
> > correctly.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Robert Downs - Houston
> > WA5CAB
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Kenneth G.
> Gordon
> > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 17:28 PM
> > To: randy Davenport
> > Cc: Milsurplus
> > Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Wanted MS whips
> >
> > On 15 Feb 2018 at 15:59, randy Davenport wrote:
> >
> > > I'm looking for MS116, MS117 and MS118 whips plus a base.  I would
> > > like to have an antenna about 24'. Anybody have any spares?
> > >
> > > Randy Ka4nma
> >
> > Randy:
> >
> > Are these those steel rods about 2' to 3' long which screw together and
> were
> > used with the SCR-399?
> >
> > If so, I have a bunch of those.
> >
> > Ken W7EKB
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> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 17:22:03 -0800
> From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
> To: randy Davenport <pastor.spaceboy at gmail.com>
> Cc: Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Wanted MS whips
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> On 15 Feb 2018 at 20:13, randy Davenport wrote:
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> > Can I get some of them?
>
> Sure, but I can't get to them until the snow melts here. As I just said,
> it will be 4 degrees
> here (Moscow, Idaho) on Monday, so the snow won't be melted by then nor
> for a while after
> that.
>
> In any case, I'll never use them, so someone who can use them may has well
> have them.
>
> Besides, my wife will be pleased to see another bit of junque go.
>
> Ken W7EKB
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> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 19:40:23 -0800
> From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
> To: <wa5cab at cs.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Wanted MS whips
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> On 15 Feb 2018 at 19:22, Robert Downs wrote:
>
> > Ken,
> >
> > They will be something from, in order of increasing thread size, MS-49
> > through MS-56.
> >
> > Robert Downs - Houston
> > WA5CAB\
>
> OK. Thanks, Robert. Hmmmm...now I'm curious: I think I'll slog through the
> snow, attempt to
> force the door of my storage shed open, and see if I can get to them...
>
> Ken
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> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 20:10:29 -0800
> From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
> To: randy Davenport <pastor.spaceboy at gmail.com>
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> On 15 Feb 2018 at 22:55, randy Davenport wrote:
>
> > Can you get to them earlier?
> > I do not have an antennna at my my apartment
>
> I'll try tomorrow. It will difficult, but I'll try it.
>
> BTW, as I remember them, when all screwed together, they are very heavy
> and very
> "droopy".
>
> I don't know what you would use for a base.
>
> Ken W7EKB
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> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 23:18:04 -0500
> From: Randy Davenport <pastor.spaceboy at gmail.com>
> To: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
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> Ok, let me know.
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> On Feb 15, 2018 11:10 PM, "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
> wrote:
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> > On 15 Feb 2018 at 22:55, randy Davenport wrote:
> >
> > > Can you get to them earlier?
> > > I do not have an antennna at my my apartment
> >
> > I'll try tomorrow. It will difficult, but I'll try it.
> >
> > BTW, as I remember them, when all screwed together, they are very heavy
> > and very
> > "droopy".
> >
> > I don't know what you would use for a base.
> >
> > Ken W7EKB
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> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:36:46 -0800
> From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
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> More snow here today. I'll see if I can get to the MS sections later
> today. As I remember it,
> they are painted different colors on each end. Yellow, red, etc. I never
> knew what that
> meant. I assume one matched them color to color.
>
> Ken W7EKB
>
> On 16 Feb 2018 at 2:52, Robert Downs wrote:
>
> > For a base, you could use an MP-48-A.  I have some of the Korean War
> > converted ones that need to be disassembled, bead blasted, painted, etc.
> > The conversion was to mount an SO-239 on the bottom.  Refurbished and
> > converted back to WW-II configuration, they go for $150 to $200.  I would
> > take $50 for one "as-is".  If the mast sections that Ken has are as I
> expect
> > the WW-II versions, MS-54 is stackable.  There was a WW-II antenna set
> > issued with some SCR-506 that was a guyed 24' vertical.  It consisted of
> 3 x
> > MS-54 plus 1 x MS-49 through MS-53 inclusive.  Plus a GY-40 Guy Set.  The
> > actual GY-40 is made of unobtanium but I have plenty of IN-86-A ceramic
> > in-line insulators on hand @ $12.50.  Attaching guys at the needed points
> > would be much simpler than with the smooth sided MS-116/117/118 set as
> all
> > of the WW-II ones have a shoulder between sections where you could make
> and
> > insert triangular guy attachment plates.  Diameter of the hole in the
> center
> > of the guy plates would depend upon which sections they are between.  The
> > probably 3/16" nylon guy material you can source locally.
> >
> > Robert Downs - Houston
> > WA5CAB
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> > [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Kenneth G.
> Gordon
> > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 22:10 PM
> > To: randy Davenport
> > Cc: Milsurplus
> > Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Wanted MS whips
> >
> > On 15 Feb 2018 at 22:55, randy Davenport wrote:
> >
> > > Can you get to them earlier?
> > > I do not have an antennna at my my apartment
> >
> > I'll try tomorrow. It will difficult, but I'll try it.
> >
> > BTW, as I remember them, when all screwed together, they are very heavy
> and
> > very "droopy".
> >
> > I don't know what you would use for a base.
> >
> > Ken W7EKB
> >
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