I talked to the guy and he said I could have the antenna but he hasn't seen the control box in decades. I just bought one on eBay that appears to be in decent shape. Now I have to figure out where I am going to put it.
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Base Does anyone know what antenna this is? (Super Scanner)
- Thread starter Shadetree Mechanic
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Good catch! My late wife said to live your life like a cat. Ask for it and you just might get it.
The control box shows up on Ebay from time to time. There is on on Craigslist here in Seattle now.
I had one that came with a bunch of other stuff I bought. It worked but I had a hard time selling it on Ebay. I had to list it a few times. It finally sold for $15.
The Super Scanner was a very popular antenna back in the early 70's. As I recall pretty expensive though.
They have a patten like a 3 leaf clove in Omni mode. I’ve heard of people putting them on a rotator so they could turn one slightly because of this. A friend used one and it worked pretty well when it worked.
There were two dudes in the late 60's and into the 70's that had these. I do remember seeing them very frequently and talking to people running them. There is still remnants of a few withering away on masts.
The one old man was a friend of my dad's. We visited often, he bragged about it. I do recall reports of relay problems, but when they worked, people loved them. I myself, would rather have a 3 element Yagi, or preferably, a PDL.
The one old man was a friend of my dad's. We visited often, he bragged about it. I do recall reports of relay problems, but when they worked, people loved them. I myself, would rather have a 3 element Yagi, or preferably, a PDL.
I remember back in the 80's working many stations in far northern climates such as Greenland, Iceland,Norway, Finland etc and they liked to use the Superscanner simply because it was hard to keep rotators from freezing up in those locations.
Could be a decent antenna to bring back. Be interesting to see a modern version, maybe multiband, or some other variation.
Postage Stamp hams would fly towards it.
Postage Stamp hams would fly towards it.