what is this antenna use for?

tyytor · #1 (**permalink**) 02-05-2013, 5:17 AM

i saw this on a ship at an undisclosed location and was just courious?

mmckenna · #2 (**permalink**) 02-05-2013, 11:20 AM

Hard to say, the photo doesn't really provide any sense of scale or enough detail to tell for sure.

russellmaher · #3 (**permalink**) 02-05-2013, 11:34 AM

Knowing what type of ship might be helpful.

Russell

mmckenna · #4 (**permalink**) 02-05-2013, 1:31 PM

I'm gonna take a stab in the dark here, but looks like it could be some sort of biconic antenna with a shield over most of it. The extended ground sleeve underneath is interesting, could be trying to shield something else.

A biconic antenna would be really wide bandwidth and wouldn't be unusual to see on a naval vessel.

Just a guess, though.

tyytor · #5 (**permalink**) 02-05-2013, 2:45 PM

ok more inforamtion it is about 2 or 4 foot tall in total and was acherd a certain sea bee base.
on a ship this photo is a few years old i was useing zoom but the bar next to it is one of the radar blades.

prcguy · #6 (**permalink**) 02-05-2013, 3:04 PM

Its a 100 to 1300MHz omni made by Rhode & Schwarz.
prcguy

nd5y · #7 (**permalink**) 02-05-2013, 3:40 PM

R&S®HK014 Antenna - Rohde & Schwarz

tyytor · #8 (**permalink**) 02-05-2013, 5:23 PM

thank you for all the help, thought it kind of odd looking,
both on the BB and PM's that i got mistery solved, tried to look on google with no luck,
i guess i was looking in the wrong place,