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Old July 6th 05, 10:54 PM
Wes Stewart
 
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On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 16:29:15 +0100, "Christopher O'Callaghan"
wrote:

never saw a car with 6 big antennas(3-4 feet)and 3 small ones all on mag
mounts...WOW


WOW? You must be kidding.

Here's my "Elmer's" mobile rig circa 1958.

http://www.qsl.net/n7ws/w7uvr.jpg

Folding 2 el beam (later three elements) on 30' rotatable pneumatic
mast.

4-1000A high-level plate modulated (later SSB linear). "Pole-pig"
transformer, with extra leaf in the spring on that side.

5 KW generator (later 15KW)

Two bumper mounted, hat-loaded verticals with remotely tuned
vacuum-variable/rotary-inductor tuning.