14-10-2018, 02:11 PM
(13-10-2018, 09:14 PM)VK5TM Wrote:Quote:When I started AR in the 1960's aluminum was very hard to come by (at least in ZL) and many HF and VHF beams were made of timber, usually Oregon pine (very hard to get now) or bamboo, with wire elements.
Or copper pipe on a timber mast.
Don't remember where it came from but my first 3 el 2m Yagi in ZL (also in the 60's) was copper pipe with a coax feed.
copper pipe with a coax feed! You must have come from a wealthy farm. My first antennas were made with fencing wire, held up with binder twine and fed with twin electric light cord
Wayne VK4WDM.