Saturday, 16 May 2015

The Last Helix...

About 30 years ago, James Miller, G3RUH, started fabricating helix antennas in kit form for the amateur market.

Somehow, by a stroke of unusually good luck for me, I came across James' web site a couple of weeks ago, which was last updated at the end of 2014.

The helix in its 1980s heyday - together with the copper element of kit 170 - the last one - ready for assembly. 

After a few e-mails, I found James still had the kit for a 16-turn antenna.  Being over 3m long, there was no way that would work at this hurricane-infested QTH.  So, the 9-turn kit arrived yesterday, in 3 packages, leaving me with a fair bit of careful assembly to get on with one rainy day.

So, a big thanks to James for selling me Number 170 - The Last Helix.

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