[TowerTalk] Shorty 40

[john at kk9a.com]

I'm not sure that linear loading is as efficient as some manufactures claim 
and some models require a lot of adjusting of the linear loading wires for 
the antenna to perform properly.  I personally prefer a loading coil and 
when looking for a small 2el beam for P40A, I choose the OptiBeam OB2-40. 
The coils are massive, the antenna is well constructed and easy to put 
together.   My second choice (actually first choice if budget ruled out the 
OptiBeam) would be the Cushcraft XM240.

John KK9A


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Subject: [TowerTalk] Shorty 40
From: Greg Clark <putt_1 at yahoo.com>
Reply-to: Greg Clark <greg at k9ig.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:29:38 -0700 (PDT)
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Folks,

I'm in the process of rebuilding my station and am in need of a 2 ele 40m 
yagi.
 In the past I had an old 40-2CD by Cushcraft on the tower.

In shopping around I have looked at:

XM240
Force 12 (new and old linear loading designs)
Hy-Gain
M2

The Optibeam looks nice but is out of my budget.

-The XM240's are kinda hard to find - all on backorder at most of the major
shops in the US as of the end of last week.  Not sure if this has anything 
to
do with the company recently being purchased??

-Force 12 has a 4-6 week lead time (even with that quote it's "iffy" as to 
when
it will arrive).

-M2 - I couldn't find a direct link on their site for a 2 ele version any
longer, so I don't even know if they are still available as I have not 
called
the factory yet.  Anyone know if they still make a 2 ele 40m yagi?

-As for Hy-Gain - well - I just don't see many of these yagis - are they 
that
poor of a performer?  We had one at the WM5G multi years ago - I don't 
remember
much about it.  I can get one of these in a reasonable amount of time but 
don't
want to be wasting my money and time.

Greg
K9IG