A GOOD AERIAL
“I am something of a crank on the subject of aerials for receiving sets, and believe that a good aerial is Just as good as an extra stage,” states Mr. K. L. Williams, of Arcoona Station, South Australia, in a letter to the secretary of the Manawatu Radio Club. “I have experimented with a number of various types here, and also with many kinds of wire. I have come back to the ordinary inverted “L” 145 feet over all, and 40 feet high, but I am using 84 strand “Mars” wire for the “roof,” and “Acme” antenna wire for the lead-in. There is only one joint, between the end of the “roof” and the load-in, and from there it goes straight to the set. I have soldered a clip on for the arrestor, in order to save another break. I have kept the masts a good long way apart, and the insulators do not come within 15 feet of them, and, in order to save any losses as much as possible, I put in a length of rope clothes line between the insulators and the wire halyard. I have taken an equal amount of care with the earth, and it has more than paid for the extra amount of trouble involved.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6630, 8 June 1928, Page 4
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214A GOOD AERIAL Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6630, 8 June 1928, Page 4
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