[TowerTalk] Shorty 40

[jeremy-ca]

I had a pair of 4 el KLMs and was never overly impressed by their 
performance. Before that I had a Hi-Gain 2 el and it was often referred to 
as a rotary dummy load.

One of my KLM's has been sold and Im contemplating converting the other into 
a pair of 2 el with Cushcraft style loading coils.

I feel that nobody has got linear loading completely figured out.

Carl
KM1H




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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
>
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