Gary,
I built a 6 ele 1 WL 6m yagi and I designed it for a 25 ohm feed point and
used one of our 25 ohm baluns (AS-25-3) Hence no matching hairpin or gamma
needed. Just a split element.
Works great. And it will take lots of soup! The Cushcraft yagi could be
rebuilt without the gamma match maybe.
Jay
Jay Terleski
Array Solutions
214 954 7140
On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Ron Youvan <ka4inm@gmail.com> wrote:
> Gary KA1J Smith wrote:
>
> I was considering making a 6M Yagi and
>> still would like to but realizing my time
>> constraints with upcoming ankle/leg
>> surgery this fall, I'm better to buy a
>> turnkey antenna and put it together on the
>> roof and just be done with it. Until I
>> relocate to a better place to put up
>> antennas have a tower.
>>
>
> It was suggested to the me that the 5
>> element Cushcraft A505S is a good choice
>> but I see it has a 1KW limit and I want
>> something with a 1.5KW limit as I have a
>> 1.5KW King Conversions amp. Has anyone any
>> experience in converting this antenna into
>> one that takes 1.5KW?
>>
>
> Not me.
> I have one of these. The only power limiting thing that I am aware
> of is the gamma match components.
> If you replaced the tubing, dielectric, inner conductor and clamps with
> those twice the diameter you should be golden.
> --
> Ron KA4INM - Youvan's corollary:
> Every action results in unwanted side effects.
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