I am considering M2's 40M4L 40m 4ele linear loaded Yagi
for my contest station and looking forward to hearing
any experience or reputation of 40M4L. The followings
are the only information I could dig out so far and I
need more inputs.
Recommendations of other 40m 4ele yagi are also welcome.
I wish Force12 could make 40m 4 ele. It must be 4ele
since I am going to place it at the middle of my tower
and I am not satisfied with my Cushcraft 2ele 40-2CD.
Thanks in advance.
de masa JH3PRR
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Excerpt from 40_meter_beams.txt:
>I have a M2 3el 40m beam that I like very much however I have
>noticed that when the wind blows, the swr starts looking like
>an AC signwave. I sent a fax to K6MYC but never received a reply.
>
>Anyone have any suggestions on how to keep the tuning rods from
>moving around so much? Mike says thats the problem but didn't have
>a solution when I talked to him last year in Visalia. This year
>I'd like to get this problem solved before winter is here.
>
>* * *
>
>I did much the same as you, for a year of agonizing.... Even talked with
>John, ON4UN on the phone for half an hour... Decided I didn't have the time
>and energy to build my own... I purchased the M2 (4 element)... It is a bit
>pricey, but built like the proverbial brick outhouse... all machined fittings
>from bar stock, no tin stampings, stainless hardware...
>It has been through a michigan winter with an inch of ice and a recorded
>76mph night, that actually bent the wind recording tower at the local
>airport... It was inspected this summer and looks exactly as it did when put
>up last summer, without any sign of stress or damage...
>Electrically it covers the entire band at less than 1.6:1... my contesting
>crew refers to it as "The Cannon", because they say it blows holes in every
>pileup they point it at...
>
>You could do a lot worse than an M2..
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