[TowerTalk] 10 - 40 Beam

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

9 elements on a 2 inch boom.  I wonder what the claimed gain is.  Has K7LXC
and N0AX tested this engineering marvel yet? 

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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Cook
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 1:30 PM
To: 'Towertalk'
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 10 - 40 Beam

Ok, I'll bite. How wide is the boom? :-)

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> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Rex Lint
> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 7:02 AM
> To: 'K8RI on Tower talk'; 'Towertalk'
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 10 - 40 Beam
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> 
> With a 2 inch long boom, they'd be pretty close together...
> 
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> talk
> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 1:54 AM
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> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 10 - 40 Beam
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> 
> > Hi Rex
> >
> > Well, it all depends on the thickness of the elements.  73
> 
> I wouldn't expect element thickness to play more than a small part 
> unless the elements are very close together and then I'd not expect 
> much gain.
> 
> How long is the boom?
> 
> Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member) N833R - World's 
> oldest Debonair CD-2 www.rogerhalstead.com
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> > Tom W7WHY
> >
> >> It seems to me that a 2 inch boom is really too short...
> >>
> >> Rex K1HI
> >>
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> >> I (along with Scott Neader, KA9FOX, and Murray, WA6USL)
> have the C4XLD
> >> and
> >> it really does the job. It is a nine element (two on 40)
> yagi on a two
> >> inch
> >> boom.
> >
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