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Originally Posted by Tim58hsv
Agreed.
What I'd like to see is a re-release of that old, legendary to the point of being almost mythical Radio Shack 15-624 2-bay antenna.
Oak Entertainment Centers and Home Office Furniture, TV Antennas, Audio/Video, Satellite, Cable, DSS was selling them via Antenna Craft up till about a year ago but the RS 15-624 is no longer available from there or anywhere else that I'm aware of.
I own one of those and that dude picks up WWHO from 54 miles away without any drop-outs what so ever.
What I'd really like to see is for some enterprising company to take the same design and turn it into a 4-bay or better yet an 8-bay antenna. Heck, with an 8-bay version of the RS 15-624 I could be sitting here in Ohio watching the Fishing Network out of Puget Sound, Wa.
OK, that last bit was a big exaggeration (mythical) and only for laughs but that is a great UHF antenna and the potential of a 4 or 8-bay version of it would be interesting to say the least. And the RS 15-624 is right around 20% smaller than other 2-bays.
Here's a pic of the one I have planted in my attic.
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What are the dimensions of the butterfly elements, the distance between the elements top to bottom, and the side to side distance between the butterfly elements? This would be an easy antenna for me to fabricate if I had all of the dimensions off of an original antenna.
The first thing I see is that the back plane could be made from an old refrigerator or oven rack, or if you can weld, it can be made from round stock or brazing rods and welded together and sprayed with cold galvanizing spray to keep it from rusting, and lexan pieces can be used for the insulators.
It looks like I already have all of the stuff I would need to make one in my garage, if only I had the dimensions... I even have an old stove in my basement I could steal a rack out of to use for the back plane if the spacing is close, but I normally prefer a screen reflector back plane over an open grid or rods.
Even though the picture gives a lot of detail, the measurements could be helpful for anyone who wants to fabricate a copy of this antenna, since it is no longer in production, and I assume the patents ran out a long time ago if it was sold in the 1960's. I would like to build one of these and see if the "LEGEND" is true.
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