The assembly manual I have, which I believe is the latest from CC ,
clearly shows that dimensions EH start from the tip of the aluminum not
from the center fiber glass insulator. I believe CC did correct that
error in their XM-240 new assembly manuals.
73
mohammad 9k2ub
--- Scott Detloff K8DX <ni8l@raex.com> wrote:
>
>
> >Cushcraft very
> >quickly responded that the drawing is in error and
> that the element half
> length
> >is derived from the beginning of section "EH" to
> the element tip. Hats off
> to
> >Cushcraft for their quick response. Certainly nice
> to see that some
> companies
> >still believe in the concept of Customer Service.
>
> Gary,
>
> Too bad that you also got caught in the XM-240
> manual debacle. I believe
> that
> the "correct quick responce" would be to correct the
> manuals and not keep
> adding to
> the confusion. This is a well known problem that
> has persisted for over a
> year.
> Luckily just before putting mine up, WE9V ran into
> the same problem, and had
> his
> own dimensions that he shared here on TT, saving
> alot of us all time and
> headaches.
>
> 73...Scott K8DX
>
>
>
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