[TowerTalk] Shorty 40

[David Gilbert]

I've always liked the Moxon performance features (broad bandwidth, great 
F/B, smaller turning radius), and even considered buying the OptiBeam 
OB2-40M for a while until I decided to stick with the lower cost and 
slightly narrower pattern of the standard OB2-40.  The Leeson design is 
also very interesting, particularly since the weight balance of the 
cross members might preclude the need for the outer trusses used on the 
OptiBeam version.  But Cebik's material on Moxons on his website 
indicate that the coupling between elements is quite critical, so I'm 
wondering how consistent that would be for the Leeson version in a wind 
where the elements wouldn't necessarily move together.  It seems like 
you'd almost want to run a fiberglass rod or something between the front 
and rear cross elements, trimming as necessary for whatever effect that 
had on the coupling.

In any case, I'd be interested to hear how they work.

73,
Dave    AB7E




Steve London wrote:
> Someone could probably make some money by marketing a sturdy, 2 element 40 based 
> on Dave Leeson's Moxon-like design.
>
> A hint for CushCraft, M2 and W3TX. Force 12 need not even try !
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
>
>
>  >This weekend or maybe next, we (N5QQ/W5WW) should have Dave Leeson's 2 elem
>  >40m MOXON up and running. Will offer our comments afterwards. K5MR got his
>  >up a few months back and seems to be pleased, well, until the lightning
>  >storm fried his rotor!
>
>  >More later...
>
>  >Ron
>  >N5QQ
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