[Antennas] Lightning Bolt Quad Inquiry

Thu Jan 25 05:50:39 EST 2007

I have real 2L 5-band LBQ 'glas spreaders with all but 4 or 5 of the wire 
grips, 2 hubs, "balun", *no* boom, *no* boom-to-mast plate, *no* wires, all 
in good used condx, for best offer + shipping in a box UPS gnd about 20ドル to 
your door.
73 Dave N3HE
Cincinnati 513.674.7202 eves/wkends eastern
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Brannick" <wmlb at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Antenna Net" <antennas at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 11:00 PM
Subject: [Antennas] Lightning Bolt Quad Inquiry
>I have had a LB quad (5 band, 2 element version) up for 14 years now.
> Recently during the "Santa Ana" winds, one of the element wires broke
> loose from the matching device. I sent one of my sons up there to
> re-attach the wire and he found that the material used to house
> the 239 connector, and whatever was used as a matching device, was
> cracked through and through.
>> The antenna seems to function normally so we just filed the crack
> with a epoxy material in the hope that it would hold up for a while.
>> Lightning Bolt quad went out of business last year (or perhaps it was in 
> 2005)
>> So ... does anyone here know what balun, or matching transformer ,
> or "whatever" can be used to replace the original matching device
> included in the original design. Sooner or later I will need to
> replace that device and would like to know in advance what options I will 
> have.
>> Of course, I could feed each element individually, but would rather not 
> mess with the wire lengths and the shape (front to back) of the antenna
>> Thank you for any assistance offered.
>> Bill, W6WLB
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