Rotary aerial
 

A friend of mine couldn't believe his eyes when he saw this on the roof of a
house in Clevedon North Somerset, the had to rush home and grab his
camera...

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Anth230542/RCL?authkey=Gv1sRgCI26mJ7JkKmMHQ#

Rotary aerial
 

In message , Ivan
writes
A friend of mine couldn't believe his eyes when he saw this on the roof
of a house in Clevedon North Somerset, the had to rush home and grab
his camera...

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Anth23...RgCI26mJ7JkKmM
HQ#

When I first saw the thumbnails, I thought that this was some sort of
amateur radio 'cobweb' aerial (a compressed 2-element yagi).

http://www.g3tpw.co.uk/

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymuza/G7VOT/Cobweb/Cobweb.html

http://homepages.wightcable.net/~g4zfq/Cobwebb.htm
inter alia.

But they do actually seem to be rotary clotheslines!
--
Ian

Rotary aerial
 

A friend of mine couldn't believe his eyes when he saw this on the roof of a
house in Clevedon North Somerset, the had to rush home and grab his camera...

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Anth230542/RCL?authkey=Gv1sRgCI26mJ7JkKmMHQ#

It's an HF amateur radio design called a Cobweb. It may be used for transmitting,
or just for listening.

The odd thing is there seems to be two different examples here, if so they are
far too close.

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

Rotary aerial
 

"Graham." wrote in message ...

A friend of mine couldn't believe his eyes when he saw this on the roof of a
house in Clevedon North Somerset, the had to rush home and grab his camera...

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Anth230542/RCL?authkey=Gv1sRgCI26mJ7JkKmMHQ#

It's an HF amateur radio design called a Cobweb. It may be used for transmitting,
or just for listening.

The odd thing is there seems to be two different examples here, if so they are
far too close.

Oh and forgot to mention it (they) are not directional so rotating them would
be pointless

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

Rotary aerial
 

"Graham." wrote in message
...

A friend of mine couldn't believe his eyes when he saw this on the roof of
a
house in Clevedon North Somerset, the had to rush home and grab his
camera...

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Anth230542/RCL?authkey=Gv1sRgCI26mJ7JkKmMHQ#

It's an HF amateur radio design called a Cobweb. It may be used for
transmitting,
or just for listening.

The odd thing is there seems to be two different examples here, if so they
are
far too close.



Use the magnifying glass on the right and then drag the picture down, you
can even see the clothes pegs still on them, it looks like some wag/s has
managed to somehow get onto the roof and plant a them down a couple of
chimney pots!

Rotary aerial
 

In message , Graham.
writes


"Graham." wrote in message
...

A friend of mine couldn't believe his eyes when he saw this on the roof of a
house in Clevedon North Somerset, the had to rush home and grab his
camera...

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Anth230542/RCL?authkey=Gv1sRgCI26mJ7JkKmMHQ#

It's an HF amateur radio design called a Cobweb. It may be used for
transmitting,
or just for listening.

The odd thing is there seems to be two different examples here, if so
they are
far too close.

Oh and forgot to mention it (they) are not directional so rotating them would
be pointless

Actually, CobWeb aerials ARE definitely directional (they are 2-element
beams). But I'm not so sure about rotary clotheslines!
--
Ian

Rotary aerial
 

In article ,
says...

A friend of mine couldn't believe his eyes when he saw this on the roof of a
house in Clevedon North Somerset, the had to rush home and grab his
camera...

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Anth230542/RCL?authkey=Gv1sRgCI26mJ7JkKmMHQ#

Wouldn't be much use to Jim - he'd never get it in the loft!

In any case, it's not gold plated ...

--

Terry

Rotary aerial
 

In message , Ian Jackson
writes
In message , Ivan
writes
A friend of mine couldn't believe his eyes when he saw this on the
roof of a house in Clevedon North Somerset, the had to rush home and
grab his camera...

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Anth23...RgCI26mJ7JkKmM
HQ#

When I first saw the thumbnails, I thought that this was some sort of
amateur radio 'cobweb' aerial (a compressed 2-element yagi).

http://www.g3tpw.co.uk/

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymuza/G7VOT/Cobweb/Cobweb.html

http://homepages.wightcable.net/~g4zfq/Cobwebb.htm
inter alia.

But they do actually seem to be rotary clotheslines!

OOPS!, I'll take that back. Those ones are claimed to be omnidirectional
(sort-of like the FM radio halos). But there are others which are 2-elly
beams.
--
Ian

Rotary aerial
 

In message , Ian Jackson
writes
In message , Graham.
writes


"Graham." wrote in message
...

A friend of mine couldn't believe his eyes when he saw this on the roof of a
house in Clevedon North Somerset, the had to rush home and grab
his camera...


http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Anth23...v1sRgCI26mJ7Jk


It's an HF amateur radio design called a Cobweb. It may be used for
transmitting,
or just for listening.

The odd thing is there seems to be two different examples here, if
so they are
far too close.

Oh and forgot to mention it (they) are not directional so rotating them would
be pointless

Actually, CobWeb aerials ARE definitely directional (they are 2-element
beams). But I'm not so sure about rotary clotheslines!

OOPS!, I'll take that back. Those ones are claimed to be omnidirectional
(sort-of like the FM radio halos). But there are others which are 2-elly
beams.
--
Ian

Rotary aerial
 

"Ivan" wrote in message ...

"Graham." wrote in message ...

A friend of mine couldn't believe his eyes when he saw this on the roof of a
house in Clevedon North Somerset, the had to rush home and grab his camera...

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Anth230542/RCL?authkey=Gv1sRgCI26mJ7JkKmMHQ#

It's an HF amateur radio design called a Cobweb. It may be used for transmitting,
or just for listening.

The odd thing is there seems to be two different examples here, if so they are
far too close.



Use the magnifying glass on the right and then drag the picture down, you can even see the clothes pegs still on them, it looks
like some wag/s has managed to somehow get onto the roof and plant a them down a couple of chimney pots!

I think you are right in that one of these objects is a clothes dryer viz.
the one with the extra umbrella like struts.
The remaining object is a Cobwebb aerial, I am sure of that.

The owner seems to have a sense of humour and I understand why
the OPs friend went for his camera.

Any chance of a clearer picture? I know someone who will want this
for his website ;-)

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%