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Toolmaker
Posted on Monday, May 20, 2002 - 11:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

A neighbor once had a "Weeping Willow" base antenna. It was 102" (1/4 wave) with 3 sloping 102" radials. Everything was made of solid aluminum rods about 1/4" or 5/16" diameter. These may work well in an attic. Does anyone know if these can still be found and where?

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Toolmaker
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BIG FOOT
Posted on Tuesday, May 21, 2002 - 2:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

...used to be every where here in northern ALABAMA , like the ASTRO PLANE, and the STARDUSTER, and a few of the SUPER magnum base antennas... heard a man say last night he had to go talk on his new CELL PHONE, that CB radio was NOT his primary way of communication any more, and he was on a base station !!
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RCI2990
Posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2002 - 6:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah! I remember that antenna! around here we called it a "Droopy Groundplane" or a "droopy loopy". They had one 102" radial and 3 102" radials as the groundplanes. Not much gain from them but they were a good short distance antenna.

BTW i know were there are at least 5 or 6 of them that are no longer used. ;-)