[TowerTalk] Does this make any sense?.....

[Joseph or Ruth Patrick]

Hey Pete

  If your C-3 is new you can buy the 40meter Dipole that mounts on your C-3 from 
Force 12. You have to run 2 feed lines and the cost is somewhat more than a D40. 
Force 12 does not cap any of there elements or boom ends as far as I know so 
follow the primary rule. I have not done business with Force 12 since the 
company was sold. If I wanted 40m for low budget that's what I would do. If I 
had 10' and a big budget a 2 element 40m beam would go on top. JMHO. Let us know 
how It works out. I have a C-3S up for 8 years now. Works FB.
 73 DE K4XZ Joe Patrick 




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From: Peter Sils <kd6qv at yahoo.com>
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Sent: Mon, July 4, 2011 12:44:05 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Does this make any sense?.....






After almost 40 years I am finally going to put up a tower! I already have the 
building permit for a Universal 15-40 aluminum tower and was able to buy a new 
Force 12 C-3 at a good price.
 
Now my questions are: 
 
Does it make sense to buy a Cushcraft D-40 (40 meter rotatable dipole) and place 
it above the C-3? I would be able to separate them by approx 10' and the D-40 
would be at approx 50'. I know this is quite low but beggars..... (My primary 
interest on 40M would be DX).
 
If it makes sense, do I mount the D-40 parallel to the boom or elements of the 
C-3 to minimize interaction?
 
DX Engineering has vinyl end caps for boom and elements but am I just trapping 
in moisture? Would you use them or just leave the ends of the boom and elements 
open?
  
Any help, insight, thoughts and direction would be GREATLY appreciated!
 
TNX in advance!!
 
73 Peter
KD0AA
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