[Antennas] Help identifying some Cushcraft items

Mon Oct 4 21:39:27 EDT 2010

6mtr/lowband VHF Ringos...the added part is used as a capacitor and uses a
coaxial stub for the cap (along with the ring which is missing) The INSIDE
connector is for the feedline..the outer SO239 is for the coaxial stub that
hangs down (the ring attaches to the inside connection)
AR-6 or CRS40 depending on the thickness of the tubing and the mount screw,
etc...though I would bet they are AR6s for 6m
(I own two myself)
Chris
WB5ITT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: antennas-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:antennas-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brian Harris
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 6:24 PM
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> Subject: [Antennas] Help identifying some Cushcraft items
>> I recently acquired some Cushcraft pieces and I am unsure of their
original
> intended use. I suspect they have been used as verticals or parts of
verticals
> since two of them have what appear to be guy wires attached. That said,
> they
> look like they might have originally been half of a driven element of a
dipole
> or yagi. I put three pictures of them at the website below. Each one has
two
> SO-239 connectors. The center conductor of one of connector goes to the
> element
> and with the ground connected to an aluminum housing that's insulated from
> the
> element. The second SO-239 also has it's ground connected to the aluminum
> housing but the center conductor goes nowhere.
>> Any info will be greatly appreciated.
>> Thanks and 73,
>> Brian Harris, WA5UEK
> phone 214-763-5977
> email cosmophone at yahoo.com
> website www.myhamshack.com/wa5uek
>