Does any of you have any experience with the "flattop antenna" construction and use? I am interested if any of you has simple manuals over necessary equipment and any idea of the costs. I have approx 40-41 metres room for it.
Much used as a transmitting antenna in the USA earlier(WSM/KFI etc.). It is said it is very good as a skywave antenna. I refer you to Les Rayburn's Transmitting antenna for beacon XMGR, 185 kHz LW: http://www.highnoonfilm.com/xmgr/xmgr.htm http://www.highnoonfilm.com/xmgr/updates/foofoo.htm I also refer you to Norsk Radio's proposal for a receiving antenna in # 4/1925: http://www.northernstar.no/flattopsmall1.jpg http://www.northernstar.no/flattopsmall2.jpg http://www.northernstar.no/flattopsmall3.jpg In addition the transmitting antenna for Bergen Kringkastingsstasjon atop the Telegraph Building in Bergen ca. 1925-1937: http://www.northernstar.no/bergenkrk3.gif I also refer you to the essay G5RV Multi-Band Antenna by Louis Varney, from RADIO COMMUNICATIONS, JULY 1984: http://www.qsl.net/aa3px/g5rv.htm Svenn Martinsen ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2006 is out. Order yours from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059367/hardcoredxcom/ ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html