Tuesday 13 January 2015

Stacked Moonrakers

RetroCom viewer 'Thunder Chicken' of Arizona has sent in some interesting vintage photo's of his stacked Moonraker system from the 1960's. Notice the vintage autos in one photo. A letter from Avanti (Makers of the Moonraker) is included that details the method for phasing the antennas.






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2 comments:

  1. Unknown17 January 2015 at 00:21

    Some serious hardware there Will.
    It looks like a Hy-gain CLR on the roof also

    Dave 26AT151,
    North Lincolnshire.

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  2. Unknown17 January 2015 at 06:18

    Hello Dave, yes I think you are right.
    They were banned in the USA some time in the 80's because they were of metal construction and posed a risk.
    The concern was that inexperienced people putting these up would make contact with power lines and die!

    There is a video here

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIa6-0a5fB4

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