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1. [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: <lkeller73@roadrunner.com>; Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 13:51:12 +0000; Hello out there. I'm at a loss as to what to replace a snow-damaged 2 el 40m beam with. Everything I've found on-line doesn't really call out how strong the antenna is. Ideally, since most "gain" fig; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00289.html (7,421 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: n8de@thepoint.net; Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 16:46:47 -0400; Put up a Telrex if you want the strongest mechanically. Don N8DE Quoting lkeller73@roadrunner.com: _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Towe; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00293.html (8,158 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: "Tim Duffy K3LR" <k3lr@k3lr.com>; Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 15:50:18 -0500; Hello Lonnie, It may help during your decision process to review the W6NL 2 element 40 meter Yagi documents posted here: http://www.k3lr.com/engineering/ 73, Tim K3LR --Original Message-- From: tower; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00294.html (8,547 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: "Keith Dutson" <kdutson@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 15:53:15 -0500; I have two M2 4el 40mtr beams, still in packages. They were going up at 100 and 200 feet on a 199 foot tower. However, soon after purchase, I had open heart surgery. Now I doubt they will ever be unw; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00295.html (8,331 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: "Tim Duffy K3LR" <k3lr@k3lr.com>; Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 15:58:41 -0500; http://lists.contesting.com/_towertalk/2005-03/msg00067.html "The worst ones are the 40M yagis, in my observation. I had a pair of 2-element 40M Telrex yagis on a 160' tower. They hadn't been up mor; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00296.html (10,588 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: "Dick Williams" <k8ztt@mho.com>; Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 16:10:54 -0600; Lonnie, I have a Force 12 Magnum 620/340 beam at an elevation 6685 MSL (120 ft AGL). It has been up over 10 years, and survived 75 mph winds (maybe slightly higher - my anemometer is 35 Ft AGL). The; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00299.html (9,183 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>; Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 15:21:57 -0700; I think that comment is an anachronism. The Telrex was a beefy antenna, but with full size elements I don't see how it could be as mechanically robust as a modern day coil-loaded shorty-40. Just too; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00300.html (9,889 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: Todd Coulter <coulter@bellsouth.net>; Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 15:38:53 -0700 (PDT); Lonnie, While I don't have any personal experience with their 40m antennas, I would personally recommend that you take a look at OptiBeam and see what they offer. I have one of their antennas for 1; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00301.html (9,371 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: Richard Thorne <rmthorne@att.net>; Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 17:43:12 -0500; I've always been happy with F12 products. I've had a C3 and C4xl (which included a linear loaded 2 element 40). Both antennas survived a couple ice storms over the years. I just put up a C31xr and D2; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00302.html (8,894 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: George Dubovsky <n4ua.va@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 19:33:03 -0400; I believe that the Telrex 40s were less than full length elements - that is certainly true for the 40M329 (29 ft boom) and the 40M335. I have one of each in the barn, and they both have shortened ele; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00303.html (11,495 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: W2RU - Bud Hippisley <W2RU@frontiernet.net>; Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 21:42:10 -0400; Boy, some guys are wimps! Just bought both of them! (Just kidding....) _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00304.html (8,658 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: Grant Saviers <grants2@pacbell.net>; Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 21:28:35 -0700; The W6NL 40M Moxon has several design iterations. As far as I know there are 4 versions, in time sequence I think they are V1 - 2006 original Cushcraft modified XM-240 V2 - 2007 center of element str; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00305.html (11,216 bytes)
13. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 07:55:39 -0700 (PDT); I've have had very good luck with a reinforced Cushcraft 40-2CD. This antenna was reinforced as per the W6NL mods and has survived ice, heavy wet snow, and high winds. The newer model CC XM-240 can b; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00306.html (9,542 bytes)
14. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>; Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 09:32:22 -0600; I have a number of Cushcraft 40's 1 40-2CD that was up for about 20 years on top of a 70ft tower in Colorado on top of a hill. I pinned the elements and cap hats but it was in one piece when it came; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00308.html (11,033 bytes)
15. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: Paul Staupe <staupe@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 11:20:39 -0500; Last summer I joined a group of YCCC club members in a project to rebuild my XM-240 into a Moxon (Grant's V2). Several of us built this version, and Tony, K1KP decided to build the V3. We've all been; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00309.html (12,006 bytes)
16. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 17:24:09 +0100 (BST); I have the Cushcraft 40-2CD which I am about to put up this summer. It has never been assembled, much less put on a tower. Has anybody modified one of these beams? Regards from Roger, G3LDI Swarde; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00310.html (14,134 bytes)
17. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>; Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 10:34:50 -0600; Go to K3LR's site and check the mods to make that antenna a Moxon. the performance is quite a bit better. The original 40-2 you could easily crush the ends of the boom when tightening down the elemen; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00311.html (14,953 bytes)
18. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: "Gene Fuller" <w2lu@rochester.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 14:40:15 -0400; The four longest elements on my 7-60 MHz LP are about 45 feet with linear loading. I did my own "engineering" on the array and wound up using "plytubular" construction. The "center" tubes (+/-) are 1; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00312.html (11,396 bytes)
19. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: <lkeller73@roadrunner.com>; Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 19:11:27 +0000; The original full size three element Telrex 40 lasted only two winters at this location....this early M2/Force 12 2 ele lasted almost 15 before succumbing.... Thanks, all. Lonnie WA2AOG/W2RR ++++++++; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-05/msg00367.html (12,429 bytes)
20. Re: [TowerTalk] 2 el 40m beams (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com; Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 13:48:23 -0400 (EDT); has never been assembled, much less put on a tower.? Has anybody modified one of these beams? I think you are asking about structural modifications. One tip - use the LXC Secret Dimensions. You have; /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-06/msg00060.html (6,876 bytes)

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