jonny wrote:
The man next door has a large erection in the back garden, which is
unsightly and dangerous. !!
Is This is the sort of complaint they send to the council, Mr Bean ??

Has anybody ever erected an antenna with slanted poles and
straight down guy wires? That would allow the antenna to
be as long as the lot.

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|\ antenna /|
| \ / |
| \ / |
| \pole pole/ |guy
| \ / |
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:00:43 -0600, Cecil Moore
wrote:

Has anybody ever erected an antenna with slanted poles and
straight down guy wires? That would allow the antenna to
be as long as the lot.

True. But in your design the antenna wire will be carrying serious
tension loads in addition to its own weight, and you would need aerial
components suitably rated for this.
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"jonny" wrote in message
...
The man next door has a large erection in the back garden, which is
unsightly and dangerous. !!
Is This is the sort of complaint they send to the council, Mr Bean ??


Is that Mr. Hugh E. Rection?

"Ed Price" wrote:

:
: "jonny" wrote in message
: ...
: The man next door has a large erection in the back garden, which is
: unsightly and dangerous. !!
: Is This is the sort of complaint they send to the council, Mr Bean ??
:
:
: Is that Mr. Hugh E. Rection?

no couldnt be...
hes a cb'er who went back to cb after getting a ham licence

Airy R. Bean wrote:

Some of us have encountered the wrath of our local planning
committees when erecting antennae that seemed reasonable to us,
but perhaps unreasonable to SFB neighbours.

Could we conceive of an antenna, even possible an HF beam, that
folds away into a single rod-like structure when not in use?

I have in mind the way in which quite elaborate antennae and solar
cells unfold from a satellite once it reaches orbit.

Such an antenna, if it were to be deployed only during the hours
of darkness, might also serve the needs of those who are obliged
to use stealth antennae due to restrictive covenants on the buildings
used as their shacks!


I know the ideal 'antenna' for you, Beanie, it's called a 'dummy load',
affordable even on benefits from your local CB shop. You could also try
replacing your broadband modem with a dummy load and leave Usenet in peace.
....(_!_)...

Oh dear Bean's on the Wacky Backy again. - Stick to Special Brew OM !!

Further thoughts....

In order to be able to both release and then fold up the
antenna, a mechanism based on two tendons, not too
dissimilar to the human knee and elbow joints would be
required.

Consider the flexing effect of each of your fingers - one
tendon at the back and one at the front.

And in order to maintain good RF contact across the joint,
perhaps the use of braid recovered from coax cable?

"Airy R. Bean" wrote in message
...
Could we conceive of an antenna, even possible an HF beam, that
folds away into a single rod-like structure when not in use?

Airy R.Bean wrote:

And in order to maintain good RF contact across the joint,
perhaps the use of braid recovered from coax cable?

Be nice to see the effect the weather would have on the braid though
after a few months - turn it nice and black.

David.

"David Edmonds" wrote in message
...
Airy R.Bean wrote:

And in order to maintain good RF contact across the joint,
perhaps the use of braid recovered from coax cable?

Be nice to see the effect the weather would have on the braid though
after a few months - turn it nice and black.

Another one of Gareth's not so good ideas.

Gareth, has ANYTHING of yours even worked?

do i have this read right?

you're planning to go down to the cemetry, dig up the dead bodies and chop
off their legs and arms so you can use their two tendons for raising and
lowering your mast?


great stuff beanie, you've surpassed yourself this time!

dr. x


In order to be able to both release and then fold up the
antenna, a mechanism based on two tendons, not too
dissimilar to the human knee and elbow joints would be
required.