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Old August 30th 07, 05:00 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default How to make a Stationmaster for hf ?


VK3XL wrote:
Hi all, do you remember the old CD Stationmaster antenna? It was a end
fed 1/2 wave. I would like to make one and I believe there are plans
around to describe how its done, but so far I have not been able to
locate them on the net. Does anyone know of a link to such a page, or
even a magazine article etc. My work Library is quite good with regard
to old ham magasines etc.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
thanks for looking
Mike
VK3XL




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VK3XL


I tried something similar in the past but had trouble with the
capacitors arcing at 100 watts. Better reults were obtained using a
stub made of ladder line. No coils No caps. Antenna was a temporary
half wavelength vertical made of 1 inch electrical conduit working
aginst a 6 wire groundplane. Base insulator was a beer bottle.



Jimmie