OK. at my peril I offer the
following. If the antenna in question is a 1/4 wave vertical
tapered blade with a "box" base. As I recall it has an N
connector.. maybe. I believe, the painted, copper or brass
glove over the wood blade fully covered the blade down to the
"box" but insulated. Again, as I recall there were two strips
that provided connection. There is a mounting bolt pattern for
attachment through the airframe. My direct experience, as a
neophyte, was in about 1958. I recall paying a few dollars for
mine. I also, actually, saw one installed in a sedan outside
the same ham store. The gentleman had cut a hole in the car
roof. I saw it... W3NJT. George Pasquale, owned the store and
was a reserve TWA radio op and navigator.
Jeep
K3HVG
Anybody have experience with the AN/104 aircraft radio
antenna used by the USN, USAAF and USAF ? I have one that I’d
like to use on the TBM Avenger. The question I have concerns
the way the antenna is built. On the example I have, the
antenna is mostly made out of wood ( looks like oak ) with
some sort of thin metal sheathing ( aluminum?) covering some
of the wood. The sheathing appears to be very worn. The
questions I hardware these: has anybody seen these antennas
when they were new? How much of the antenna mast is covered
with metal? If this metal is sheathing, how was it fixed to
the mast? Does anybody have clear pictures of an unused AN/104
?
73
Mark D