[TowerTalk] "BigSticks"

[N4BAA - Jose Castillo]

Cort...

Hello...well...well...as I am a purist....and LOVE the old KLM 
BIG STICKERS...I have several here at N4BAA QTH.....I have spoken 
with Mike Staal at M2 who designed them and YES...you can 
optimize them a LITTLE...but only to increase the gain by about 
.31 dbd ..NOT FOR ME...so I kep them in their original 
configuration and they ROCK!!! The 15 isn't the performer the 10 
and ESPECIALLY 20 are...but NONE the less...the are great 
antennas!!!  10 feet sep between the two is fine...however...your 
T2X may argue with it....you are looking at a windload that does 
exceed teh T2X's specs even in no wind condition....I would opt 
for a worm drive rotor..like OR-2800 or a PROSISTEL....but that 
is me.....that is a LOT of boom AND SQ Footage for your 
tailtwister!! GUARANTEE!!!!

BTW...if you EVER want to get rid of them...let me know...I would 
love to have more here to stack!!!


Jose Castillo - N4BAA

Courtney Judd K4WI wrote:
> Well I have given up on my idea of building a super KT36XA so I would like
> to get some thoughts on this project. I have decided to just clean up and
> re-build the old 20 and 15 mtr 6 el "Big sticks" and put them back up. Has
> there been any info on optimizing these old antennas from the original
> factory settings? The manual says 20 ft spacing between the two but that is
> not possible so would 10 ft be ok? These would be on top of Rohn 45 at 100
> ft with T2X turning them. Any problems? Thanks for all inputs! 73's Cort
> K4WI
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