[TowerTalk] Making a XM-240 into a 340?
Wayne Jones N5GT
djones at telepak.net
Tue Nov 17 05:41:11 PST 2009
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gregg Seidl" <k9kl at centurytel.net>
> To: <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 5:42 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Making a XM-240 into a 340?
>
>
>> Has anyone ever taken an extra Cushcraft 40 meter
>>element and added to an
>> existing XM-240 with a longer boom to make a 3 element
>>yagi? Seems it
>> would
>> work to me.
>>
>> Gregg K9KL
I have a rotable dipole that I have considered using to
make a 340.
I have also considered retuning the dipole to 30 mtr and
mounting it at
the correct distance in front of the 240 driven element
for a 2 el beam
on 30. With any luck it would also act as a director on
40. I was thinking
about seperate feeds for the two with a relay at both feed
points to
short the feed line of the element not in use. Another
idea is to mount the
30 mtr el close to the 40 driven el as a Coupled-Resonator
dipole to get
a 30/40 combo. Perhaps someone with some smarts could
model such
a combo.
Wayne/N5GT
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