K2GN wrote:
> Tom: Thats' the 80 coil
> The 40 has 10
Sorry, definately not on my HF2V! Are you sure you are talking about the
same antenna? Perhaps the HF6V or HF9V or one with a 30m mod are different?
I counted again. Indeed there are 17 turns on the 80m coil, and that's
probably the one I counted yesterday. But, on my recount I found there were
15 turns on the 40m coil. I counted, then counted again!
I took a picture and labelled the turns with red arrows and text:
http://www.klient.com/hf2v.jpg
Note that the 40m coil is a bit more stretched than you'd probably find in
actual operation. I did that to make the turns easier to count in the
picture.
I purchased this one new in 2003. The changed the capacitors, as with the
factory ones the resonant frequency drifted on 80m running 1500w. I spoke
with Bob at Butternut and he suggested that NPO doorknobs (with a higher
heat tolerance) would be more stable. That did the trick.
So, you might notice that caps aren't factory. But, the coils are
unchanged.
73,
Tom, NI1N
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