I helped a local ham build a T-8 last fall and it still has a 1.5" square
aluminum tubing split boom transmission line. I've heard that some of the
early Tennadynes used round tubing split booms, but that shouldn't affect
efficiency either way.
Steve, W3AHL
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From: "jim Jarvis" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 8:59 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] log modeling and reality
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> I had both an ASL 2010 and a T8.
> The 2010 was a dog. The T8 wasn't.
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> I suspect this had to do with the feed system. The then Tennadyne design
> was extremely efficient. ( Someone said they've changed the boom
> design, and no longer use the transmission line boom. I'd be suspicious
> of
> current performance. )
>
> The devil is in the details, and the models tend to ignore many of those.
> If the 2010 and T8 were judged using the same model, relevance comes into
> question.
>
> 73, n2ea
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