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M4A3 Antenna Length
ws48
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Posted: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - 06:30 AM UTC
Does anyone know the actual or scale length of the radio antenna of the M4A3 Sherman. I can find plenty of info on the radio but nothing on the antenna except it used a quarter-wave vertical mast.

Thanks in advance,
Don
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Posted: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - 07:05 AM UTC
I can't figure out where I got this info, but I'd written down from somewhere off the net that, at 1/35 scale, it should be 10.5 cm, and I just checked my M4A3 in its dio, and that's how long I made it. Oh, and it should be black and NOT tapered, just the same thickness the whole way...I think I used .010 brass rod.

Rob
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Posted: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - 07:10 AM UTC

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I can't figure out where I got this info, but I'd written down from somewhere off the net that, at 1/35 scale, it should be 10.5 cm, and I just checked my M4A3 in its dio, and that's how long I made it. Oh, and it should be black and NOT tapered, just the same thickness the whole way...I think I used .010 brass rod.

Rob


Rob,
I think you are correct. As soon as I saw your post I recalled seeing the 10.5 cm spec on the net a long while back. I could not find the site again. Thanks for your help.

Don
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