I'd like to second Dan's comments. The Mag 340N is a great antenna!
Since I was sort of mentioned recently as having had some trouble tuning
my Mag 340N, I just wanted to note that tuning was not difficult. It
*is* necessary to tune each element at 30 or 40 feet above the ground
which is easy to do if you have a pulley and rope attached. Up and down
with each element, make an adjustment, up to check, then back down to
await assembly on the boom. I had to do final assembly in the air
anyway, due to space restrictions in the yard so this was no hardship at
all. After final assembly, I found that the bandwidth was 280khz as
advertised and with a very flat swr curve...
Performance? Amazing like Dan says... And you don't even need the
mountain top. (although that would be nice!!)
--
73, Pat K7KR
Dan Levin wrote:
>The Mag 340N at N6NF went up the tower once, and tuned perfectly that first
>time.
>
>You must, no really - you must, tune each element by the book before
>assembling the complete antenna.
>
>That thing is an amazing antenna from a mountain top. Huge signal.
>
>GL,
>
> ***dan, K6IF (VC1R in WPX SSB)
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