[TowerTalk] 2 El 40M Yagi

KI7WX@aol.com KI7WX@aol.com
Mon, 26 Feb 2001 01:44:33 EST


Just a quick pointer to the KA9FOX web site on which you can find many summaries from TT and some really great commentary and hints/kinks regarding 40M yagis and the 402CD in particular.

http://www.qth.com/ka9fox/ant-towers-feed.shtml

For folks doing 402CDs there are at a minimum two mods you must do IMO (of course the other known mods are FB too):

1) Take the traps apart and make sure you still have electrical contact between the LCA assemblies and the rest of the elements.  The screws rust out and the rivits lossen.  W6NL has pointed this out previously.  Mine were all rusted away and needed fixing. Unless it's really bad and the circuit is open you can't tell how bad they are without cutting the black covering off the LCA.

2) Pin all the boom segments together and also the element mounting plates to the boom. If you don't then the elements will rotate and you'll be bummed out.

Mark
KI7Wx

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