[MRCA] Memorial Day antenna
KA1LHZ
sboard.ka1lhz at gmail.com
Fri Mar 30 12:15:50 EDT 2018
Not too hard. They are made of white cedar with a threaded top. I'll get
pictures and dimensions for you this weekend.
Steve
On 03/28/2018 07:17 PM, Mkdorney wrote:
> How hard would the lance poles be to build?
>
> Mark
> WW2RDO
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 28, 2018, at 6:24 PM, KA1LHZ <sboard.ka1lhz at gmail.com
> <mailto:sboard.ka1lhz at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>
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