[TowerTalk] Shorty 40

[RICHARD SOLOMON]

HOT DAWG !!!
I got 288 Countries confirmed on a Dummy Load !!!
 
73, Dick, W1KSZ/7



> From: km1h at jeremy.mv.com> To: john at kk9a.com; TOWERTALK at contesting.com> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:51:36 -0400> CC: greg at k9ig.com> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Shorty 40> > 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> > > > > > To: towertalk at contesting.com> > 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)> > List-post: <mailto:towertalk at contesting.com>> >> > 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> >> > _______________________________________________> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > TowerTalk mailing list> > TowerTalk at contesting.com> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk> > > > _______________________________________________> > > > _______________________________________________> TowerTalk mailing list> TowerTalk at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk