[TowerTalk] Shorty 40

[john at kk9a.com]

The amount of countries worked has little to do with antenna performance.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: RICHARD SOLOMON 
  To: jeremy-ca ; john at kk9a.com ; towertalk at contesting.com 
  Cc: greg at k9ig.com 
  Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 00:32
  Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Shorty 40


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





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  > 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
  > >
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