Hi Pete
Your steel guys were cutted with insulators?
73,
Jorge
CX6VM/CW5W
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From: Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr@contesting.com>
Sender: "TowerTalk" <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com>Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012
12:31:40
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] F12 Delta 240 performance observation
I should also mention my experience with my shortened 40m yagi. It was
a dog, without much directivity, until I replaced my steel tower-top
guys with Phillystran. Wow, what a difference.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 9/19/2012 9:56 AM, Steve London wrote:
> Jonathan,
>
> Before you conclude that your D240 doesn't have much pattern, run some
> more tests on DX signals. From your QTH in Colorado, I would recommend
> listening around your sunrise for signals from Japan and the far east.
>
> Are you still using the Bencher Skyhawk/D240 stack as shown in the
> photos on your qrz.com web page ? Does the Bencher Skyhawk insulate
> the parasitic elements from the boom ? If not, it is possible that the
> combined electrical length of the boom plus the uninsulated elements
> is close enough to a half wavelength on 40 meters to have significant
> interaction with the D240.
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
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