The amount of countries worked has little to do with antenna performance.
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From: RICHARD SOLOMON
To: jeremy-ca ; john@kk9a.com ; towertalk@contesting.com
Cc: greg@k9ig.com
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 00:32
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Shorty 40
HOT DAWG !!!
I got 288 Countries confirmed on a Dummy Load !!!
73, Dick, W1KSZ/7
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> From: km1h@jeremy.mv.com
> To: john@kk9a.com; TOWERTALK@contesting.com
> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:51:36 -0400
> CC: greg@k9ig.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Shorty 40
>
> I had a pair of 4 el KLMs and was never overly impressed by their
> performance. Before that I had a Hi-Gain 2 el and it was often referred to
> as a rotary dummy load.
>
> One of my KLM's has been sold and Im contemplating converting the other
into
> a pair of 2 el with Cushcraft style loading coils.
>
> I feel that nobody has got linear loading completely figured out.
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
>
>
> > To: towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] Shorty 40
> > From: Greg Clark <putt_1@yahoo.com>
> > Reply-to: Greg Clark <greg@k9ig.com>
> > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:29:38 -0700 (PDT)
> > List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
> >
> > Folks,
> >
> > I'm in the process of rebuilding my station and am in need of a 2 ele 40m
> > yagi.
> > In the past I had an old 40-2CD by Cushcraft on the tower.
> >
> > In shopping around I have looked at:
> >
> > XM240
> > Force 12 (new and old linear loading designs)
> > Hy-Gain
> > M2
> >
> > The Optibeam looks nice but is out of my budget.
> >
> > -The XM240's are kinda hard to find - all on backorder at most of the
> > major
> > shops in the US as of the end of last week. Not sure if this has anything
> > to
> > do with the company recently being purchased??
> >
> > -Force 12 has a 4-6 week lead time (even with that quote it's "iffy" as to
> > when
> > it will arrive).
> >
> > -M2 - I couldn't find a direct link on their site for a 2 ele version any
> > longer, so I don't even know if they are still available as I have not
> > called
> > the factory yet. Anyone know if they still make a 2 ele 40m yagi?
> >
> > -As for Hy-Gain - well - I just don't see many of these yagis - are they
> > that
> > poor of a performer? We had one at the WM5G multi years ago - I don't
> > remember
> > much about it. I can get one of these in a reasonable amount of time but
> > don't
> > want to be wasting my money and time.
> >
> > Greg
> > K9IG
> >
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