Speaking of soldering LMAO

True story............ Any of you guys know what a "quad" IE "cubical quad" antenna is? These were used by some radio amateurs and CBers. The quad was invented by some folks who were trying to fix a problem with a VERY high altitude religious short wave transmitter in south america. The weather conditions and the thin atmosphere caused the antenna element ends to MELT DUE TO CORONA DISCHARGE!!!! They ended up with a form of 'quad' which is a continuous loop, there fore there are no high voltage end points This was HCJB, at 10,000 ft in the Andes mts.


WIKI
Quad antenna - Wikipedia
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The quad antenna is a development of several inventions.

In 1924, Moses Jacobson patented a loop antennas with rhombic shape.[1]

In 1938, George Brown et al. patented a loop antenna with rhombic shape and quarterwave sides.[2]

In 1951 Clarence C. Moore, W9LZX, a Christian Missionary and engineer at HCJB (a shortwave missionary radio station high in the Andean Mountains) developed and patented [3]a two-turn loop antenna that he called a "quad". He developed this antenna to resolve issues caused by large coronal discharges while using a beam antenna in the thin air of higher altitudes. Moore describes his antenna as "a pulled-open folded dipole". While the main point of Moore's patent was the two turn single loop design which is not the antenna termed "quad" today, the patent does include a mention and illustration of a two element unidirectional "quad", and describes the time when the full wave loop concept was developed:"

Radio station HCJB.......These guys were SERIOUS

HCJB - Wikipedia