[MRCA] Memorial Day antenna

Wed Mar 28 18:24:25 EDT 2018

I have a bunch of genuine military lance poles we use to set up comms at
the Green Mtn Military Vehicle Club Rally. I use fence posts pounded
into the ground to support them so they don't get worn out.

73

DE KA1LHZ

On 03/28/2018 04:55 PM, Mkdorney via MRCA wrote:
> The manual for stringing field wire shows something call a “lance
> pole”     that is used to elevate field wire above a roadway. The pole
> is 14 feet in length. Simple to make, I think it might be the ticket.
> Thanks for your help. 
>
> Mark
> WW2RDO
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 27, 2018, at 8:52 AM, WW2RDO via MRCA <mrca at mailman.qth.net
> <mailto:mrca at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
>
>> Hello Tim,
>>          I never thought about doing a bamboo pole.  That's a
>> thought.  I'm also now looking for that pole gizmo the Signal Corps
>> used to string wire.  I might not be able to find an original, but if
>> I can see a picture of it, I might be able to make one.  Of
>> particular interest would be what diameter of the pole - for
>> strength.  Of course, plans for anything I come up with I share with
>> the MCRA.
>>
>>          My original thought was using a stair rail and attaching a
>> pulley on the top, kind of like a flagpole. That may not have been
>> too far off from this Signal Corps pole.
>>
>>          Of course, if anybody in the MRCA has a picture or knows the
>> nomenclature of the pole the Signal Corps used to string wire, that
>> would be helpful.
>>
>> 73
>> Mark
>> WW2RDO
>>
>>
>> " In matters of style, swim with the current.  In matters of
>> principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
>>
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>>
>> .
>> In a message dated 3/26/2018 10:43:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> timsamm at gmail.com <mailto:timsamm at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>     Hi- I get them at the outdoor  / gardening store.  Ours has
>>     various sizes and lengths.  I have also gotten them at carpet
>>     stores - sometimes carpet stock arrives rolled up on a bamboo pole..
>>
>>     If you are "doing" a Pacific theme, presto.  Bamboo also grows in
>>     southern Europe in case someone challenges your
>>     authenticity...haha.  I always have a few long pieces with a wire
>>     hook on the end - perfect for stringing wires thru trees,
>>     grabbing throw weights, hanging loops on elevated structures. 
>>     Essential actually...
>>
>>     The Signal Corps also had a 2 piece wood pole with a hook/pulley
>>     gizmo that was used to string elevated telephone wire.  I forget
>>     the nomenclature but that would be authentic too if you can find
>>     one...
>>
>>     Have fun!
>>     Tim
>>
>>     On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 3:56 PM, Mkdorney <mkdorney at aol.com
>>     <mailto:mkdorney at aol.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         I never thought of bamboo. That would work. Now I just have
>>         to find pieces long enough and thick enough. Thanks. 
>>
>>         Mark
>>         WE2RDO
>>
>>         Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>         On Mar 26, 2018, at 1:19 PM, Tim <timsamm at gmail.com
>>         <mailto:timsamm at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>              I usually carry a few pieces of bamboo for that sort of
>>             situation.  "Improvise, adapt, overcome".  It surely was
>>             used operationally!  A short piece of black rubber vacuum
>>             hose for insulation at the radio end of the wire would
>>             keep everyone happy.  An SCR-284 can produce a
>>             considerable burn...especially when driving a halfwave wire.
>>
>>             Tim
>>             N6CC
>>
>>             On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 5:49 PM, Mkdorney via MRCA
>>             <mrca at mailman.qth.net <mailto:mrca at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
>>
>>                 Here ‘ a question for the group. I’ll be using an
>>                 AN-101 ( long wire antenna, issued as part of the
>>                 BC-1306 radio set) long wire antenna in an Inverted L
>>                 configuration with the BC-654 radio.  I have a tree
>>                 to tie off the far end to. What I need is a
>>                 non-conducting pole close to or attached to the WC-52
>>                 that keeps the wire antenna in the air until it
>>                 reaches the truck, and also allows me to run the
>>                 antenna into the radio, mounted just behind the
>>                 assistant driver’s seat in the cargo bed, without the
>>                 wire touching anything before the connection to the
>>                 radio. My questions are thus 1) was there any issue
>>                 pole that did this, or did GIs just use what they
>>                 could find, and 2) would running the wire inside a
>>                 three foot section of rubber hose as the wire comes
>>                 close to the vehicle effect transmission/
>>                 receptionist adversely.
>>
>>                 Being that the set up is being done at a display at
>>                 the Franklin D. Roosevelt Home and Presidential
>>                 Library in Hyde Park, NY, doing some cobbed up job of
>>                 putting up an antenna is out of the question. 
>>                 Fiberglass cammo net poles are out, since they
>>                 weren’t yet in existence before 1945. I was thinking
>>                 of using a wooden staircase bannister as a “flagpole”
>>                 to do the job. Before I do that, though, I wanted to
>>                 see if anybody knew of some official, issued pole
>>                 that did the job.
>>
>>                 The instructions for the AN-101 antenna specially say
>>                 not the let the antenna touch anything like tree
>>                 branches when stringing the antenna that would
>>                 grounding it.  I want to use the section of hose,
>>                 which would certainly have been available in 1945, to
>>                 keep anything or anybody from coming in contact with
>>                 the wire antenna near the vehicle.  The only place I
>>                 should have to worry about that is the area close to
>>                 the truck where the radio is mounted in the vehicle.
>>
>>                 Mark
>>                 WW2RDO
>>
>>                 Sent from my iPhone
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