[TowerTalk] Re: [Force 12 Talk] Re: c4sxl

[Pete Smith]

At 08:50 AM 4/16/00 PDT, KF6JSP wrote:
>Stew,
>     I am (was) not an experienced antenna person. I put up a C4SXL last 
>month for the CQ WPX test. It is my first beam antenna.
>     Advice: READ the directions before you assemble. Plan on having to tune 
>the 40m elements, as described in the instructions. No big deal, but you 
>will have to make a few adjustments before you get optimum performance.
>     The only surprise I had was breaking one of the linear loading 
>alumiweld wires during mounting- if I'd been on this reflector, I would have 
>seen it coming, and would have avoided the problem by being a little more 
>careful.

As a fellow sufferer, I would emphasize that the linear loading wires are
extremely prone to breaking if bent too sharply or too often in one place.
The key, IMO, is to bend them gently once at the spreader and from then on
use the studs on the elements for the tension adjustment.

73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com 

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