W/S No. 19 Cdn Horizontal Aerials

[jaap de wit]

Hi david
about the 19 set aerial, I have only one picture of one on the holder.
you can see the plastic isolators on the wire. I think thy used carabiners to connect the two.
hope this picture helps a little bit david.
cheers jaap

[Bruce MacMillan]

I have reference to three different methods. One is using a split metal link (looks like a giant paper clip) and is described in manual FZ256/3.

The other two are using just a length of rope or using a clip to attach to the metal plate at the top of the mast. The last two methods are used in the enclosed diagram.

[David Dunlop]

Gentlemen.

Thank you both for taking the time to reply.

Jaap, I think the aerial in your photo is probably British made. The photo in the Canadian W/S No. 19 Mk III Manual I have shows the three link insulator quite well, just not the final means of connection at the outside end. The same three link insulator shows up in the manual for the Canadian made Telescopic Antenna Masts, which I think is the drawing Bruce provided.

Bruce. I have heard of the simple cord and split ring ways of attaching the Horizontal Aerial to the mast, but never actually seen an example of the split ring. My initial thought was something like a heavy duty key ring. The latter, clip option you mentioned makes sense to me for a couple of reasons: they were already in production/use for the mast guy ropes and they would be the fastest way of setting up the Horizontal Aerial.

Guess all I need to do now is find an NOS Crate full of Canadian Horizontal Aerials somewhere. Wonder how much all that copper would be worth these days???...

David

[Bruce MacMillan]

Here are a couple of photos of one of the wire antennas showing the clip.

I've seen the aerials on ebay but they command a ridiculous price.