[TowerTalk] Need help with a Mosley TA-33 JR

[Ron W8RJL]

Marc,

It appears you have a Mosley MP-33 antenna.  See 
http://bama.edebris.com/manuals/mosley/mp33/

Don't sweat the small stuff. Put the anntena as high as possible for testing 
and using an analyzer see that the SWR curve looks like on 20, 15 & 10.

If the curves look like what is in the instruction manual (but shifter lower 
in freq if antenna is low to ground) then you should be good to go.

73 & GL

Ron W8RJL


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc Tessier - VE3TES" <ve3tes at cogeco.ca>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 7:54 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Need help with a Mosley TA-33 JR


>I recently bought a real old Mosley TA-33JR triband yagi, I am questioning 
>the traps for the driven element, according to the manual it states the 
>traps should measure 13 1/2" long, yet the ones I received with this unit 
>measure approx 12" in length, and also the traps for the driven element is 
>a fair amount larger in dia. for example the traps on the dir and ref are 
>close to 1.25" in dia, while the 2 for my driven element measure close to 
>2" in dia. I am suspecting that at one point someone fried the original 
>traps and obtained a pair from a TA-33 and inserted these into the mix.
>
> Now for my question, if I can even use these 2 traps, what dimensions 
> should I use for the length of the driven element, the ones from the 
> TA33JR or the TA33?
>
> Seeing as the color coding has long been washed away from the effects of 
> the sun and weather, its impossible to tell for sure just by looking at 
> these traps, but I can tell you that by removing the covers from the 
> traps, I was able to identify the coil windings accurately match that of 
> the TA33.
>
> Marc Tessier - VE3TES
> ve3tes @ cogeco . ca
>
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