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Old 9th May 2021, 6:21 pm   #43
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Default Re: Household aerial length limitaion

I've just been searching through my copy of Harmsworth - plenty there about aerials including full constructional and erection details for a 36ft. lattice mast at the far end from the chimney, but nothing as to the reason for the limit. I've always taken it to be aimed, as has already been said, at limiting the nuisance that could be caused by an oscillating TRF receiver.

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Originally Posted by ms660 View Post
So far as I can make out the 140ft length for the double or multiple wire is the total length of the wire or wires, the length of the antenna being a max. of 70ft in the case of a double wire antenna.
In light of which it surprised me to find in Harmsworth a drawing proposing an aerial comprising four parallel 85ft. wires, with a 15ft. downlead to the house to use the rest of the allowance.

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