[TowerTalk] 40-2CD Performance

[Roderick M. Fitz-Randolph]

On Tue, 15 Jul 1997 at 10:23:43, "Healy, Rus" <RHealy@mdsroc.com> wrote:

A couple of people have noted that a 40-2CD tuned for the CW part of the
band has lousy performance in the SSB segment. If you've also had this
or related experiences, please post them to the reflector.

--73, Rus, NJ2L
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Rus, I deliberately set the elements on my 40-2CD so that the minimum
SWR was established at 7075 kHz.  At 140', it gives very creditable
performance across the band: to wit - the report from the Czech Republic
Headquarters station during the IARU contest this last weekend that my
signal on 40 SSB was 40-over-9!!.... and that from the DX blackhole of
west TN.  I've also received signal reports of 25-over-9 from Australia
and South Africa.  I believe the 40-2CD is a very fine 40 meter beam.
I can't corroborate the reports as to poor performance on the SSB segment.

Rod, W5HVV



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