[amsat-bb] Largest cross-yagi ever?

Bob WB4SON at gmail.com
Tue Jun 14 22:59:08 UTC 2016


Was it this?

http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/jlens/

They lost one around MD last year (broke loose).

73, Bob, WB4SON

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 6:43 PM, J. Boyd (JR2TTS) <
the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp> wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 18:35:11 -0400, "Scott" <scott23192 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Anyway, I pulled over to take a closer look because this one was
> > different.  You could clearly see U.S. Navy markings but what really
> > stuck out was that on top of the blimp, running its full length, was
> > what appeared to be a cross-yagi antenna approximately equal to the
> > inflated size of the blimp itself.  This thing was HUGE!
>
> "If I can't make it into AO-85 with *this*, I give up."
>
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