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8th Dec 2018, 10:47 am | #1 |
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Can you name this?
Please can anyone tell me what is this item called, in English?
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8th Dec 2018, 11:15 am | #2 |
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Re: Can you name this?
According to Google-translate, from your picture title it's a "military two-way radio-leaf antenna"
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8th Dec 2018, 11:18 am | #3 |
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Re: Can you name this?
Usually called a tape aerial.
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8th Dec 2018, 11:19 am | #4 |
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Re: Can you name this?
Yes, looks like a flexible folding aerial. We fit them to our EPIRBS on the planes so the hosties don't poke eyes out but can't get the extension wrong either.
Also tape measure aerials for amateur radio kit Thats what it looks like anyway, as far as my eyes can tell |
8th Dec 2018, 11:33 am | #5 |
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Re: Can you name this?
Presumably because it resembles a retractable tape measure?
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8th Dec 2018, 12:40 pm | #6 |
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Re: Can you name this?
That and the fact that they are often made from the same stuff. In amateur circles, EXACTLY the same stuff.
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8th Dec 2018, 12:41 pm | #7 |
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8th Dec 2018, 12:48 pm | #8 |
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Re: Can you name this?
As a type they have been used since the Vietnam war by US military radios and nowadays are commonplace on all sorts of military VHF radios. To identify further we need a close up of the end. Be warned if you take the rubber band off they can spring straight quite violently!
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8th Dec 2018, 1:11 pm | #9 |
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I'm sure I remember these being fitted to SARAH Search And Rescue And Homing beacons.
The length of the OP's example would give an idea of frequency.
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8th Dec 2018, 5:30 pm | #10 |
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Mil VHF is typically 30-75 MHz, the aerials are fixed length and any tuning is done within the radio, not by the operator. I would expect an overall length in the order of 1.2m.
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8th Dec 2018, 5:38 pm | #11 |
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Re: Can you name this?
Those style of 'tape' aerials were also one of the options for the UK/PRC344 "military airband" [225-400MHz] radios.
There was even a Discone version! |
8th Dec 2018, 6:32 pm | #12 |
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Re: Can you name this?
Thanks for all your inputs, so the correct name would be a "tape aerial"
Is it intended to retract into a coil like a tape measure for transportation and storage? Mike |
8th Dec 2018, 6:52 pm | #13 |
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They're not usually coiled-up for storage, more usually they are folded back on each-other a couple of times and either tied, or sometimes pushed into a short length of plastic tube for storage.
The 'springiness' is not designed to make storage easier, it's to provide resilience against accidental damage during the heat of battle! |