On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 17:56:52 -0400, Buck wrote:

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:12:50 GMT, "Henry Kolesnik"
wrote:

What's a Cobra head?


Back in the good-ole-days, a cobra head was a triangle shaped device
that had an SO-239 on one corner and connections for the wires of a
dipole on the other two corners. One went to the center conductor and
the other went to the shield side. Then Baluns became popular and now
instead of cobra heads, most people have baluns. However, at that
time in ham radio, "Cobra head" was a generic term that meant the
piece to connect the wires of a dipole to a piece of coax.

B&W still sells a cobra head center insulator...

http://www.bwantennas.com/pro/support.pro.htm

I'm trying to figure out how they get $179 for it.

bob
k5qwg