At 9:38 PM -0800 02/26/2001, Dick Flanagan wrote:
> For folks doing 402CDs there are at a minimum two mods you must
> do IMO (of course the other known mods are FB too):
>
> 1) Take the traps apart and make sure you still have electrical
> contact between the LCA assemblies and the rest of the elements.
> [...]
>
> 2) Pin all the boom segments together and also the element
> mounting plates to the boom. If you don't then the elements
> will rotate and you'll be bummed out.
Dave Leeson's structural mods to the 40-2CD have become almost SOP for
this great antenna.
His original article can be found at
http://www.qsl.net/w6old/402cd.html
73, Dick
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