Thanks for input, Rick. Which Tennadyne LPDA did you put up? A T-10 using
two 2 inch round booms (like mine)? Tennadyne changed to square booms with
closer spacing a while ago which affected the intra-array feedline
impedance and, hence, the SWR bandwidth. 73, Dave W2TA
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> From: Timothy L. Bratton <k5ra@pulse.net>
> To: karkdivd@otsego.net
> Subject: Tennadyne
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Friday, April 10, 1998 6:53 PM
>
> Dave -
>
> I put up a Tennadyne LPDA for N5FW. It replaced a KLM 5L20 so that
> Frank could work IOTA stations on all the 20m-and-up bands. The SWR,
> measured with an MFJ 259 in the shack, with the antenna about 30 ft up,
> was less than 1.6 from 14 to 30. The peak was at 21.6 (out of band).
> The SWR performance is excellent.
>
> I was concerned that it might be an air-cooled dummy load, especially
> compared to the monoband Yagi. LPDAs are great for bandwidth, but not
> so long on gain. Frank has been in love with it since we got it up. He
> broke a pile up to a Western Sahara station Wednesday night, and has
> worked all sorts of rare stuff with it.
>
> What he really likes is being able to change bands without having to
> change antennas.
>
> -----------Tim K5RA
>
> nnnn
>
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