Guess it’s old age catching up on me but I remember way back in time (80’s) sitting on 25-26 MHz chatting across to Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and indeed USA running a tank whip. The 102′ 1/4 was bought from an army surplus store as I recall and worked really well indeed. So as it’s new year and new ideas I’m going to re-try a Tank Whip from Thunderpole. Photos here are (c) http://www.thunderpole.co.uk SO I thought why not try it again from the hills. Add to this from Konektor5000 in Łódź comes a Lemm Turbostar 3001 with a 180cm whip. I know my Stryker, Wilson and Sirio work but now new decade try something less obvious!
Anyone here run a 9ft 1/4 let me know?
- Power Handling: 1000 Watts
- Length: 2.75m / 9′
- Impedance: 50 Ohms
- Frequency: 26-30MHz
- SWR: 1:1.2
- Whip: 17.7ph Stainless Steel
- Fitting: 3/8 Thread
- Made in Great Britain
Below (c) Konektor5000 Łódź
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I have one of those Thunderpole tank whips, and I fitted it to a dipole adaptor with a Firestik as the counterpoise…!
I still have a original SINGLE piece tank whip from the 80’s specially for hilltop work 👍 you cant beat em!