Help identifying antenna

[i_no_nutin]

Please help identify the make, model of this antenna. It was already on the 17' tower when I bought the place. The rotor is shot. I replaced the balun and it is working surprisingly well. It reminds me of a CM3020 but has a double boom. UHF section is a yagi-uda design while the rear VHF elements are log periodic design.

 

[NYDutch]

Please help identify the make, model of this antenna. It was already on the 17' tower when I bought the place. The rotor is shot. I replaced the balun and it is working surprisingly well. It reminds me of a CM3020 but has a double boom. UHF section is a yagi-uda design while the rear VHF elements are log periodic design. View attachment 190808

It reminds me of a ChannelMaster I bought around 40-45 years ago. No idea what the model was.

 

[i_no_nutin]

Here's my rabbit ears report for my location with the 17' AGL height of the antenna. Although I question the data as being out of date.

https://www.rabbitears.info/s/2631582

BTW Saturday morning I picked up WRTF RF channel 7 out of Wheeling WV. It had some pixelation but watchable until the sun got higher.

 

[comfortably_numb]

 

[navychop]

110 miles away?

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[i_no_nutin]

110 miles away?

Rabbit ears says 110. depending on when asked, Google AI says the tower is 125 to 138 miles.

 

[Triride44]

It may be a Radio Shack / Antenna Craft copy of a Winegard UHF/VHF model that covered both low Vhf (rf2-rf6) and high Vhf rf7-rf13) and UHF rf14 and above.

Log Periodic would have element attached to both booms out of phase with each other.

 

[primestar31]

Please help identify the make, model of this antenna. It was already on the 17' tower when I bought the place. The rotor is shot. I replaced the balun and it is working surprisingly well. It reminds me of a CM3020 but has a double boom. UHF section is a yagi-uda design while the rear VHF elements are log periodic design. View attachment 190808

IF the plastic insulators are BLUE, it's an AntennaCraft. The company died with Radio Shack.

 

[i_no_nutin]

IF the plastic insulators are BLUE, it's an AntennaCraft. The company died with Radio Shack.

Insulators are blue plastic (A few are broken). I was suspecting it was an Antennacraft or Cushcraft. IIRC Cushcraft manufactured antenna for Tandy Corp (aka RadioShack). Anywhere there might be old archives of their data sheets?

 

[primestar31]

Insulators are blue plastic (A few are broken). I was suspecting it was an Antennacraft or Cushcraft. IIRC Cushcraft manufactured antenna for Tandy Corp (aka RadioShack). Anywhere there might be old archives of their data sheets?

Spread all across the internet. You'd have to try various search terms to find them all.

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[i_no_nutin]

Log Periodic would have element attached to both booms out of phase with each other.

Well, whatever the VHF section is, all the elements are active elements with hard phasing lines crossed between pairs.

 

[comfortably_numb]

This one?

ANTENNACRAFT CCS1843 ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS Pdf Download

View and Download AntennaCraft CCS1843 assembly instructions online. CCS1843 tv antenna pdf manual download.

www.manualslib.com

 

[i_no_nutin]

This one?

ANTENNACRAFT CCS1843 ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS Pdf Download

View and Download AntennaCraft CCS1843 assembly instructions online. CCS1843 tv antenna pdf manual download.

www.manualslib.com

Looks very similar except the VHF elements are angled forward and there's no Delta wings (I have wondered what those actually do and how when I've seen them on other antennas). Thanks. The manual does answer at least one question. I had no clue what the isolation network was until I looked at that manual (I'm curious how those work). It be great if I can find some gain curves for this antenna. (Yes. I'm an antenna geek and DXer since a child).

 

[i_no_nutin]

I think I found the answer to my original question. Radio Shack VU-210XR. Look through the conversation from the AVS forum. Pictures look to be the same antenna albeit missing some of the elements due to storm damage.

Problems getting VHF 12 and 13 in Middleburgh, NY...

 

[i_no_nutin]

I found the spec sheet from Radio Shack

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