Hi Bill:
I have two manuals here date 06-19-85 and 10-09-96 and both
of them have the following:
Reflector: A..59.25, B..47.25, C..28, D..18
Rear Driver A..56.50, B..47, C..27, D..21
Front Driver A..45.50, B..43, C..25.25, D..18
Director A..51.00, B..43, C..23.75, D..20
Hope this helps.
73 De Mike
VE3YF
At 14:40 09/15/2002 -0400, Cqtestk4xs@aol.com wrote:
>Lately I have been scavenging bits and pieces and partials of KT 34 antennas.
> I have managed to put together a second KT 34XA to match my first one
> and it
>works well with a typical SWR.
>
>One of the acquistiions I made was a new partially assembled KT 34A which was
>manufactured around 1982 according to the material I got with the antenna.
>The dimensions of the KT 34A vary quite a bit from the dimensions of the KT
>34XA for the A, B and C measurements.
>
>I have checked several of the KT 34 A s that I just refurbished and
>reassembled and all of them have flakey SWRs. Changing out the baluns did
>not change anything. I am very familiar with the KT 34XA antennas since I
>have owned a KT 34XA for years and went through all the usual suspects where
>there might be shorting or lack of continuity with no success. However, the
>only manual I have for the KT34 is from 1982, although I have a KT 34XA
>manual which is more recent.
>
>My questuion is this. Were the dimensions for the KT 34 A changed over the
>years. In my manual:
>Reflector: A...60.5, B...47.5, C...28, D...18
>Rear driven A...55, B...47.75, C...27, D...21
>Front driven A...45, B...43, C...26, D...18
>Director A...51, B...43.25, C...24.5, D...20
>
>Do these dimensions vary from the measurements in later manuals?
>
>Bill K4XS
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