[TowerTalk] m2 40M4LLDD + 20m add on

[john at kk9a.com]

Any efficient shortened 2el 40m beam will have over 2:1 SWR some place in 
the band.  Thankfully there are amplifiers that load fine into higher SWR.

John KK9A


To:Bob Gibson <w5rg at yahoo.com>
Subject:Re: [TowerTalk] m2 40M4LLDD + 20m add on
From:W2RU - Bud Hippisley <W2RU at frontiernet.net>
Date:Wed, 10 Jul 2013 12:37:25 -0400
List-post:<towertalk at contesting.com">mailto:towertalk at contesting.com>

I'm one of those guys up north.  Ice and/or wet snow on the linear loading 
is a
disaster; it will move the SWR at the "fair weather" minimum SWR point far
enough in either direction to activate the Alpha 99 high-SWR shutdown 
circuit
and generally cause deterioration of various electrical parameters of the 
beam.
 That said, I'm very, very pleased with the mechanical aspects of my 40M2LL
(and by extension, the 40M3LL), so I'm hopeful the coils will be offered as 
a
retrofit to existing LL owners.

Bud, W2RU