armored76 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 (edited) Hi, Yet another newbie question Can somebody please point me to a place where I can find more information about the name, size and construction of this antenna type used by the Russian Navy, as shown below? I would like to scratch built it for my next project. In case you have more information about how to build it, that would be even more helpful. Thanks! Cristian Edited September 13, 2017 by armored76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravens Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Is it part of the Steregushchiy-class corvette? Not sure where you would find more details. Ross. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armored76 Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 Exactly! I was hoping this not something specific to this class as it seems to be a generic cage antenna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul E Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Judging by the location and the fact there are not many whip antenna on the ship I would say that this is a wire HF radio communications antenna suspended between the masts with the feeder coming up from a base tuner aft of the funnel. It is a pretty generic sort of antenna. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armored76 Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 Thanks Paul! This is about the best image I could get of this antenna: Source: modellmarine.de Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul E Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 That's a better picture. And yes it is most definitely an HF wire antenna. I don't know if you can still get them but White Ensign did Photo Etch aerial spreaders but it depends on what scale you want to model at. The spacing between the individual wires is determined by the frequency and as such HF aerial spreaders for WWII IJN, USN or RN ships would all be suitable. I hope this helps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman2 Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 (edited) I hope this helps ? Net Photos Edited September 15, 2017 by magman2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armored76 Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 Thank you @Paul E and @magman2!!! This might just be the breakthrough I was hoping for! Have a great weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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