[TheList] Early CB Base Antennas

Tue Dec 4 15:06:05 AEDT 2012

Hi,

I believe they were called Skipmaster and made here in CHCH. 

I would love a new one!!

Oliver

From: John Barnhill 
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 12:10 PM
To: thelist at radiowiki.org.nz 
Subject: [TheList] Early CB Base Antennas

Anyone out there remember the 26/27mhz base station antennas. Probably made be several antenna manufactures under various brand names.

I have the 'remnants' of one and would like to rebuild it. About 16-18ft length consisting of aluminum tubing of different diameters telescoped together. The mounting bracket was 'right angle' with a female UHF/PL259 socket for terminating the 50 ohm co-ax, and from memory was 'shunt fed' with 4 or 5 turn coil about 2-3ins. In diameter with a adjustable slider to allow tuning for minimum SWR. If I remember correctly it was recommended to mount it on a 2-3ins. Diameter length of galv. Water pipe which was probably the 'ground plane' other half of the antenna.

So, if anyone has the original dimensions of the vertical section and the coil, I would be most grateful

Cheers,

John B

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