[TowerTalk] [CQ-Contest] Skyhawk, KT36XA, opinions requested

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> Wonder why one has to to buy a book to get aware of that.

One doesn't have to buy a book to be aware of that.  The information 
is widely discussed by those who know the antenna. 

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Peter Voelpel
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 2:08 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] [TowerTalk] Skyhawk, KT36XA, 
> opinions requested
> 
> 
> At least that explains something, small capacity changes, 
> especially at a
> current node effectively retune antennas.
> 
> Wonder why one has to to buy a book to get aware of that.
> 
> 73
> Peter 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dave 
> Hachadorian
> 
> Regarding KT-34XA anomalies:
> 
> Toward the end of KLM's production run of XA's, they 
> mistakenly shipped some
> antennas where the 16" length capacitor tubes had a wall 
> thickness of .058"
> instead of the correct .049".  This error totally degraded 
> the performance
> of the antenna. Steve and Ward's Antenna Comparison Report 
> apparently used
> one of these bad antennas in their testing, so the results are totally
> non-representative of either a correctly functioning KLM or
> M2 unit.
> 
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ
> 
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