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Length of and Color Of American Tank antenna
sgtreef
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Posted: Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 09:18 AM UTC
Have been looking but could find any lengths of WW2 American Tank antenna's

Or Color I figure Black with the Ceramic resistor.

I figure about 9 feet or so.

Thanks for replies.
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Posted: Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 01:49 PM UTC
Hey Jeff
This has come up from time to time. I'm certain someone will have the exact measurements, but in the meantime there were I think 3 screw-in lengths of 3ft each, so you'd be on the mark. A rule of thumb for my shermans would be to have the antenna the height of the tank again from ground level to turret top.
Brad
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Posted: Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 12:50 AM UTC
Thanks Brad.

I was wondering if they had changed in all those years as Radios are more " Modern " now and I don't think they use crystals and such anymore.

But could be wrong.
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