No idea at all, Keith, and there is nothing remotely like it in my
Racal Antennas catalogue which is about eight years old, which
suggests it might be fairly recent.
It's nothing like my own MA.961 Tactical Loop in appearance. For the
record, the '961 is a square loop mounted on one corner. It sits on
top of a matching box which is approximately a 12 inch cube, which in
turn sits on top of two 1-metre fibreglass mast sections. The only
external connection is BNC for the attached transceiver. It comes in
one bag, containing the folded loop, the matching unit, two mast
sections, guys pickets, hammer, and a generous length of co-ax.
The 961 has a manual tuning knob and meter, plus a link which sets it
to the upper or lower part of it's HF coverage. The peak in tuning,
either on the meter or on received noise, is very sharp.
I'll see if I can get a Racal model number from Mike at CR for this
new one. Presumably the 7-pin connection suggests the matching unit
in it is automatic.
Bob
--- In Racal-manpacks@..., "Keith-Watt RN \(Rtd.\)"
<keith-watt@b...> wrote:
Hi, has anyone come across the Racal/Clansman HF antenna shown on
this WEB page, if so what exactly is it and how does one use it?
Thanks,
Keith Watt RN (Rtd.)
