andym Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 I can't see anything obvious in any of my manuals, so: if making up a Clansman 4m HF whip from sections, is it top, middle, middle, bottom or top, middle, bottom, bottom? 😎 Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwardle Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 On 7/30/2018 at 5:05 PM, andym said: I can't see anything obvious in any of my manuals, so: if making up a Clansman 4m HF whip from sections, is it top, middle, middle, bottom or top, middle, bottom, bottom? 😎 Andy I used to use top middle and bottom on my 109 FOR, the middle sections for the front are longer than the rear ones. I have a set of middle sections and the carrying/storage tube available if you are interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 Now I'm confused! There are three antenna sections - top (5985-99-649-8140), middle (5985-99-630-8455) and bottom (5985-99-630-8456), so one set of middles can't be longer than any others. I now think that a 4m HF antenna is top-middle-middle-bottom but would be grateful for confirmation. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwardle Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 38 minutes ago, andym said: Now I'm confused! There are three antenna sections - top (5985-99-649-8140), middle (5985-99-630-8455) and bottom (5985-99-630-8456), so one set of middles can't be longer than any others. I now think that a 4m HF antenna is top-middle-middle-bottom but would be grateful for confirmation. Andy I have 2 different length bottom sections, not middle as I put in my previous post, 5985-99-630-8455 which is 1 metre long, and the other bottom section is 1.26 metres long which doesn't have an MSN on it, the middle section 5985-99-630-8456 is 1 metre long and the top section 5985-99-649-8410 is also 1 metre long. The screw thread at the bottom of the middle section is a lot bigger diameter than the thread at the top of the middle section therefore you can't join 2 middle sections together, but you can join the bottom (8455) sections together. The 4 metre HF antenna would be top middle bottom and bottom. I hope that this makes things clearer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 Thanks John, it does indeed! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g0ozs Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Confirmed top, middle and two bottoms for 4m (you can actually chain any number of bottoms if creative about support or guying and I have tried 3 to get near resonance on the 20m band)Â Iain 73 de G0OZS Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 Thanks Iain! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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