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Old 06-26-2009, 07:42 PM
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I've never posted photos here, I usually post the photo to photo bucket or some other photo hosting site and provide a link. However, it seems like the antenna may just be one of the 10 meter vertical antennas that used a matching harness. I imagine that with it collapsed down it was acting like a 1/4 antenna, and therefore would show some resonance. Being 16 feet long, it seems to be a little short for 11 meters. If I remember correctly, some of the older 10/11 meter verticals antennas actually came with a special short section of coax that incompassed some sort of matching stub. I think it was made with 75 ohm coax or something of that nature. It's just been about 25 years since I played with any of the older type antennas so my memory is a little foggy in this regard.
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Old 06-27-2009, 01:28 PM
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Sounds like the 42 meg CHP 5/8 my uncle used to have alongside his Quonset hut for listening to local CHP traffic near Merced, Ca.

When I was 11 I asked him if it would work as a CB antenna and he explained why it wouldn't.
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Old 07-02-2009, 06:22 PM
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I finally have posted photos of this antenna (collapsed) on photobucket.

http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/w...i/IMG_0288.jpg

http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/w...i/IMG_0289.jpg

http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/w...i/IMG_0290.jpg

Note the similarity to the Ringo antennas, and the knurled rings to adjust the radiating element. I haven't measured it but I'd guess it's about 20 feet long extended.
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Old 07-03-2009, 03:57 PM
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Only going from a guess about lengths in the picture the thing could probably be used on frequencies in the 90 Mhz range to maybe the 50 Mhz range. If it will extend to something like 16 - 20 feet, then that freq. range possibilities would extend down into the 20 - 30 Mhz range. Boy, is that a rough guess!
Could it be used for CB? With that variable length, and the impedance matching 'ring', that's a definite 'maybe'. Which says absolutely nothing about how 'well' it might work.
One thing you might do is examine the elements for marks where it could have been used to adjust length. You might get some kind of indication as to extended length.
It does appear to be well constructed. No razor sharp points/edges, which is nice. After that, your guess is just as good as mine.
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