N4VB had a Mosley 3L40 on a 50 ft pole overlooking a
slope to the East that dropped 30 ft. The antenna played
very well and had a good pattern (which I measured
many years ago).
Tom N4KG
On Sun, 7 Apr 2002 JBaumgarte@aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 4/7/2002 10:35:35 AM Central Daylight Time,
> K7LXC@aol.com
> writes:
>
>
> > > Mosley 1 vote
> > >
> > Har har - good one. (Just a generic Mosley comment.)
> >
>
> Steve,
>
> I wonder if you've actually tried one of these (Mosely 2 el 40)? I
> share
> your opinion of most of the other Mosely antennas, but want to share
> my
> results with this rather unusual antenna. I acquired one by
> accident with a
> bunch of used Rohn 55 in a package deal. The antenna was new.
> Although this
> antenna has been a mechanical nightmare, the performance has truly
> been
> outstanding. Once I converted to a F12 mast/boom HD clamp (the
> antenna fell
> off the mast), and improved the mast to element clamps (they rotated
> to
> vertical twice), it now is fine. I have it at 125' at the top of a
> stack of
> lower F12 antennas, and I feel as strong with this antenna on 40 as
> anything
> else I have (C31XR & 180C for 80). It does things like allowing us
> to run to
> EU before the sun sets (from northern MN) and one of my ops who has
> run a
> station with a 150' high Telerex 3, says he does at least as good
> here. It's
> a bit of a big antenna for a "shorty-40" and heavy, but it is one
> Mosely I
> don't think you can bash. (except mechanically! :-) )
>
> Thanks for your efforts in keeping "towertalk" so usefull and
> interesting.
>
> John, N0IJ
> Duluth, MN
>
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