[TowerTalk] RE: Question

[Tyler Stewart]

I dont know if anyone has ever tried it.  I own both, but havent put up the
XM240.  All I can say is that the insulated reflector appears to be the only
substantial electrical difference between the two.

73, TY K3MM

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Maass" <jmaass@columbus.rr.com>
To: "Tyler Stewart" <k3mm@ex-pressnet.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] RE: Question


>
> Is that something people have tried successfully?
>
> Mine goes up next Saturday.
>
> Jeff Maass       jmaass@columbus.rr.com     Located near Columbus Ohio
>          USPSA # L-1192       NROI/CRO    Amateur Radio K8ND
>     Maass' IPSC Resources Page:  http://home.columbus.rr.com/jmaass
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tyler Stewart" <k3mm@ex-pressnet.com>
> To: "Guy Olinger, K2AV" <k2av@contesting.com>; "William F. Beyer Jr."
> <n2wb@arrl.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 12:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] RE: Question
>
>
> >
> > I would suspect that the problem with the XM240 could have been solved
by
> > simply uninsulating the reflector.  That is the only substantial
> electrical
> > difference between the 402CD and the XM240.  That fix should be as
simple
> as
> > putting a short jumper at the center of the reflector to the boom
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Guy Olinger, K2AV" <k2av@contesting.com>
> > To: "William F. Beyer Jr." <n2wb@arrl.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 5:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] RE: Question
> >
> >
> > >
> > > 15 feet might not be enough...
> > >
> > > The problems with 40m/tribander interaction consist almost entirely of
> > > the 40 meter antenna messing up the 15 meter section of the tribander.
> > > Whose tribander or which tribander doesn't even matter, the 40 meter
> > > antenna is the problem. Modeling shows that even when the SWR
> > > disturbance is improved by separation, that significant pattern
> > > distortion remains on 15m (not gain, f/b and f/s).
>
>
>
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