Designer of the Beer Can Vertical, Pete Czerwinski, W2JTJ, published in QST, November 1955. Here's a similar article published in QST, April 1956: http://www.qsl.net/w3bmd/beercanantenna.htm Back then, cans were made of tin, so soldering was easier then cans made from aluminum types today, if you were so inclined to build one of these things.
Pete, wa2cwa On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:17:54 -0600 Robert Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would think that most of us ain't no more spring chicken (rosters) > > anymore, so I though I would ask this in light of some of the > serious > exchanges that I've read/deleted over the AM band plan ala > IRAU/ARRL > recently. > > Question: What was your favorite April QST April Fool's article, or > one > that could have qualified? > > I remember from years past "The Vertical Beer Can Special" and also > the > ham who wrote the article on the compact antenna mounted atop the > roof > of his high rise New York apartment building with the radiating > element > being a red light bulb with comments on all those he contacted on > the > bands using the antenna aks dummy load. > > Robert W4RL > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
