[SOC] Found in the shack ---what is it??

[Tom McCulloch]

Thanks for the feedback, as it turns out the coil; is part of a St. Louis 
Vertical antenna which I bought quite a few years ago.  In true SOC fashion, 
I should report that I also have a "Sunny Day SD-20" fiberglass fishing pole 
in the corner of the shack (I'm not a fisherman).  It seems that the pole is 
used to hold the radiating portion of the vertical...so that's another 
mystery solved.

OK, the coils and the fishing pole go in a prominent corner of the shack 
while I contemplate building it for a few more years (ahhh, maybe I'll give 
it a try).

Thanks to all for your help
Tom
WB2QDG
soc# (hmmm...it's around here someplace)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <thom2 at att.net>
To: "Second Class Operators' Club" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 12:27 PM
Subject: [SOC] Found in the shack ---what is it??


>  Hi all,
>  I'm sure this will quakify as a SOC question, so here goes:
>
>  I was looking around the shack (no I definately was NOT cleaning it!) and 
> I came across something I'm sure I bought several years ago but I can't 
> seem to figure out what it is.
>
>   I found two pieces (there may have been more peices but I found 2) of 
> what looks like a loading coil for an antenna and a feedpoint.
>
>   The loading coil is about 12 to 14 inches long and wound around 2 inch 
> diameter PVC pipe.  It has spike coming out of one end that makes me think 
> it probably goes into the ground and is the bottom part of a verticle 
> antenna.  This "loading coil" also has a brass rod mounting along the side 
> of the coil which moves up and down making contact at various points on 
> the coil (thereby making it adjustable).
>
>   The other part is about six inches long and made from 1 3/4 inch PVC 
> pipe.  this has contacts to apparently connect to the loading coil as well 
> as a BNC connector to go to the tranceiver.
>
>   That's what I found...assuming this is part of a verticle antenna, I 
> didn't find anything that might be used for the radiating portion.
>
>   I always thought this thing was the makings of a PAC12 antenna, but I 
> can't find any directions online that include these parts.  I did find 
> PAC12 directions on the NJQRP sight but their antenna seems different than 
> what I have here.
>
>   Anyway, if you have any ideas what these two things are, I'd appreciate 
> hearing from you.  I can probably take a picure of them and e-mail it to 
> you, if that would help.
>
>   Thanks for any info you can provide.
>
> Tom
> WB2QDG
>
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