[TowerTalk] TA-33 HELP

[Al Williams]

This talk on the TA33 has me wondering about Mosley beam antennas and traps.
I plan to put up at least two towers in the
near future and am contemplating monobanders vs trapped
tribanders such as the Mosley pro57,67,96.  I think that Force
claims a monobander beam will  outperform any tribander.
I hope that those with actual experience will comment.

BTW, the only beam  in my stable of antennas was a TA33
that I purchased used in 1971 and sold in 1997 and never had
to repair it.  For half of that time I ran an Argonaut 505 barefoot
(two or three watts) so the TA33 probably helped a lot.

k7puc

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark . <n1lo@hotmail.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>; wa9vrh@ocslink.com
<wa9vrh@ocslink.com>
Date: Monday, January 17, 2000 9:17 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] TA-33 HELP


>
>Larry asked:
><< snip....Well my reflector trap has the proper number of turns on each
>coil BUT the color coded end is the 25 turn end which is supposed
>to be away from the boom. Any thoughts? >>>
>
>Hi Larry,
>I helped rebuild one of these for a good friend and his TA-33 was the same
>way. The color coding consisted of a single stroke mark with a colored
>marker. His instructions had a conflict just like your manual. We ended up
>following the exploded view drawing and matching up the turns on the coils.
>The color codes went in the opposite direction that the manual specified
and
>it tuned up fine.
>We also had to refresh the contact between the coils and the binding screws
>on the coil ends (aluminum on aluminum....) inside the trap itself before
>getting satisfactory results.
>Another good application for antioxidant!
>
>good luck!
>
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