[TowerTalk] C3SS Question

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/7/2009 4:13:51 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:

>  I have purchased a C3SS sight unseen.  It is currently  on the ground 
about two hours from here..  Elements removed from the boom  but elements still 
assembled.  I want to try and bring this yagi home on  my station wagon roof 
rack.  Can some one tell me about the centres of  the linear loaded driven 
element and the linear loaded reflector.  Are  the elements split or not.?  I assume 
the other elements are not split  but I am not sure.  I want to do minimum 
disassembly of the longest  elements .....but  I can't strap  27 ft elements to 
top of my  car!......  What about the 12 ft boom how many pieces? etc....Does 
the  manual have pictures to help in assembly ....if so a scan of these might  
answer all my questions.



I wouldn't worry too much  about breaking it down too much; the less you take 
it apart, the easier it'll be  to put back together and the less potential 
mistakes there'll be. This is a  linear loaded antenna so the 20M elements are 
shorter to begin with. You can use  a 1/8" drill bit to drill out the rivets on 
the 20M and then tape them together  to make them shorter but everything else 
can be left alone. 
 
        Don't worry about the boom  - it's probably shorter than your car so 
it can go on the top or hanging on  the side of your vehicle with no problem. 
I once had to get a 4L KLM 40M  antenna home and couldn't get the 44' boom 
apart so I just tied it  securely on the roof, put a red flag on the end and 
drove home. No  problem.
 
Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC
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