This thread is probably more appropriate for the towertalk reflector,
but since it started here, I'll comment here.....
I have a KLM 40-M2 and also experienced the cracked insulator in high
winds problem. In my opinion, KLM is a 'California Fair Weather'
antenna and is really not sturdy enough for my Chicago, Il. climate.
What I did was to u-bolt a 1" square 5' long aluminum strut to the boom
and then supported each element with black dacron line attached at the
end of the fold-back section to the top of the strut. This removes most
of the strain from the center insulators and I haven't had that problem
again. I still have problems with intermittent connections at the
fold-back strap/rod connections....
I have just about convinced myself that the Cushcraft 40-2CD with W6QHS
mods is the smarter mechanical/electrical way to go for my climate.
Has anyone modelled and/or built a larger 40M yagi using the Cushcraft
shortened elements? A 40-M4 type antenna with Cushcraft elements
really intrigues me...
Wayne - W9II wstrahl@nwsca.nw.lucent.com
>From oh6yf@tiltu.teuva.fi (Harri M. Mantila OH6YF-OH0MYF) Tue Nov 19 02:16:32
>1996
From: oh6yf@tiltu.teuva.fi (Harri M. Mantila OH6YF-OH0MYF) (Harri M. Mantila
OH6YF-OH0MYF)
Subject: Contest Club Finland in team contesting!
Message-ID: <32911880.1C9C@tiltu.teuva.fi>
Hello!
Contest Club Finland will participate in Team Contesting of CQ WW CW
1996 with the following team:
8R1K OH6DO Single op all band
CP6AA OH0XX Single op all band
PY0FF OH2MM Single op all band
OI6YF OH6YF Single op all band
XX9X OH2PM Single op all band
See you...
73 de Harry OH6YF
oh6yf@tiltu.teuva.fi
http://www.teuva.fi/~oh6yf/
>From N6NT@worldnet.att.net (Bruce Sawyer) Mon Nov 18 15:55:38 1996
From: N6NT@worldnet.att.net (Bruce Sawyer) (Bruce Sawyer)
Subject: Incomplete exchange
Message-ID: <19961118155536.AAA4010@LOCALNAME>
At 02:36 PM 11/18/96 +0000, Hans Brakob wrote:
>You're not missing a point. The SS rules specifically call for 5 elements
>in the exchange, and each much be sent in the correct order to constitute
>a valid exchange.
>
>I noticed the same practice this weekend, and don't ever recall hearing it
>before. Just a handful of stations were noted doing it, so maybe we can
>nip this thing right at the outset. Those contacts should not count, and
>were purged from my log as incomplete exchanges.
>
I'm sorry, but I think this is going to absurd extremes. I had lots of
people come on during my SS begathon and start off with "I'm not in the
contest, but you're 5-9 in Wallawulla, Mississippi." Whereupon, and who
among us hasn't done this, I started the game of 5 questions to pull out a
full exchange. (Probably the funniest moment of the contest for me came
when one somewhat paranoid individual protested with a tense "Why do you
need to know?" after I asked what year he first got his license.) Did I ask
my questions in the proper sequence? No. Did I make him repeat his
callsign when he knew I already had it? No. Am I going to toss these Q's
out of my log becuase they fail the test mentioned above? Not on your life!
There were a very few people "in" the contest who weren't repeating their
call as part of the exchange. But it was clear to me that they were
neophytes and did not have decent scores going for themselves. They'll
catch on soon enough if they want to get their totals off the ground. I
think what we want to do for these people is encourage them, not punish them.
Bruce, N6NT
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