[TheList] PRS Frequencies

Tue Jun 7 06:00:06 AEST 2011

The one I'm thinking of had a peice of 100mm x 3mm thick Alloy about 
500mm long bent with a top & bottom. The Bottom Was wider then the top. 
Two 32mm holes where drilled in the top & bottom plate and a peice or 
Orange electrical conduit pipe feed through it. A coil of 9.5 turns of 
5mm Dia rod was used for impedance matching. The SO239 socket is in the 
bottom plate central in the middle of the coil if it extended down, it 
extended a wire from the 3.5 turn point down the centre of the coil to 
the connector. The Aerial went down inside the 32mm pipe only to the 
connection point of the coil.

Sound about right? That's the Station Master or Skip Whip. Probably 
still available from Mobile one in Australia.

Regards,

Neill.

On 6/06/2011 10:50 p.m., Oliver wrote:
>
> No, they were made in CHCH by a bloke in New Brighton. About 18' long. 
> Had a loading coil at the base. Sort of tuned to 26500Mhz. He 
> defianately called them a skipmaster.
>
> I might have to resort to a mobile on the roof using the roof as a 
> ground plane as it is metal. Not ideal as it is on an angle but......
>
> Oliver
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Neill Ellis" <tgsnoopy at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 9:04 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TheList] PRS Frequencies
>
>> Skipmaster, Do you mean a Stationmaster which was also known as a 
>> Skip Whip?
>>
>> They are one of the best aerials out there. I probably made about 50 
>> of them over the years.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/06/2011 7:06 p.m., Oliver wrote:
>>> Funny how folks laugh when CB is mentioned. PRS seems to be the 
>>> 'only' kind of non HAM communication for the masses. 26Mhz (and 27) 
>>> works well.
>>>
>>> I am looking for the plans for a Skipmaster!  Odd I know :)
>>>
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