Good for you Bill,
But the company never told the customers about it. I think they have files
for all the customers. I had this antenna for 5 yrs now and know some
friends that have this antenna and I don´t know they were told about this
problem.
I know several companies that when they detected a failure, they advice in
the news or contact the customers to give a solution, not the case of M2.
So not hats off from this side.
See you in the ARRL DX CW
CW5W Multi Single
73,
Jorge
CX6VM/CW5W
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[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] En nombre de Cqtestk4xs@aol.com
Enviado el: Jueves, 16 de Febrero de 2012 10:24 p.m.
Para: TOWERTALK@contesting.com
Asunto: [TowerTalk] M2 20M5 Yagi
Interesting story about this beam.
I posted a few weeks ago about the M2 20 meter Yagi and was looking for
anyone with experience with the beam.
After hauling the beam up and down the side of a test tower I felt
something wasn't right with the antenna. Usually a 20 meter antenna up
around 25
feet or so will have its SWR dip lower in frequency than when it is mounted
at its final height. This one dipped higher in the band, around 14250. I
finally called M2 and to my surprise Mike told me that for almost 10 years
the dimensions in the instruction manual have been wrong...only for the
full band setting. Apparently, no one had ever had this problem or had
ever
notified them about it.
For those of you who have this beam and want to use the "full band"
setting, add four inches to the driven element on both sides. I did it and
the
SWR is where it should be at a low height. The dimension change
instruction
is from Mike. You may not have enough length on that 1/2 inch tubing to
do it.
Mike was quick to get back to me and was kind enough to send the new 1/2
inch tips second day air..in time for the big tower/antenna party next
week.
Hats off to M2 for great service.
Bill K4XS/KH7XS
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