"Ross Anderson" wrote in message
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In an earlier post
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...0469fb25ccbc17
I asked if anyone could identify this antenna
http://home.comcast.net/~ross_anders...ionAntenna.htm .
Mike, NZ4K, suggested I look at this site
http://www.starkelectronic.com/wing4.htm .
A close match is the Winegard CA-8098.
This is a fascinating antenna (the VHF part), consisting of two booms
coming together in a V, with the elements attached to the boom off
center, and the elements on the upper boom placed asymmetrically with
respect to the elements on the lower boom.
Now my question is: Has anyone seen this type of antenna written up in
any journal, conference proceedings, book, patent, web page, or message
board; or is anyone willing to share their thoughts or unpublished work
on this type of antenna?

Yes.

Popular Electronics in the 1960s and 1970s (Ziff Davis ownership) featured a
number of articles on constructing deep fringe VHF and UHF antennas. These
designs featured a similar pyramidal profile and element configuration.

You are very lucky that I still have one of these PE issues (for another
reference article).
Look for the Popular Electronic December 1971 issue -- George J. Monser
wrote the article of interest (page 40):
"Build a Mini-Pyramidal UHF TV Antenna". He reports pulling in UHF stations
(in San Diego), that were 185 miles away.

Mr. Monser lived in the Santa Barbara, CA area at the time of the PE
article.
His article references an earlier: "Build the Pyramidal TV/FM Antenna" that
was featured in the July 1969 issue of PE.
Supposed this UHF antenna design is a trimmed down version of that earlier
VHF design.

w9gb

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:26:35 -0600, gb wrote:

Look for the Popular Electronic December 1971 issue -- George J. Monser
wrote the article of interest (page 40):
"Build a Mini-Pyramidal UHF TV Antenna".

He reports pulling in UHF stations
(in San Diego), that were 185 miles away.
Mr. Monser lived in the Santa Barbara, CA area at the time of the PE
article.

A point to be made: The entire propagation path betwix San Diego
and Santa Barbara is over salt water (AKA the Pacific Ocean.)
There's been many reports of Shack-On-The-Hip operators bringing
up repeaters in San Diego from Santa Barbara (and versy-vicey.)

Good tropo here is probably a bigger factor than good antenna(s).

73
Jonesy
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On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:26:35 -0600, gb wrote:

Look for the Popular Electronic December 1971 issue -- George J. Monser
wrote the article of interest (page 40):
"Build a Mini-Pyramidal UHF TV Antenna".

He reports pulling in UHF stations
(in San Diego), that were 185 miles away.
Mr. Monser lived in the Santa Barbara, CA area at the time of the PE
article.

A point to be made: The entire propagation path betwix San Diego
and Santa Barbara is over salt water (AKA the Pacific Ocean.)
There's been many reports of Shack-On-The-Hip operators bringing
up repeaters in San Diego from Santa Barbara (and versy-vicey.)

Good tropo here is probably a bigger factor than good antenna(s).


Jonesy -

Yes

Once I found out where he lived .. that became apparent. Of course, he made
no mention of this
signal path in the PE article (impressing the teenager at that time of the
deep fringe coverage of the design).

:-)

Greg