[TowerTalk] Recommendations for Purchasing a short 2 Element 40 Meter Beam

[w5gn at mxg.com]

My Cal-AV 2 el 40 was installed in 2003 by N5YA, and when
raised to 72 Feet (pic at www.mxg.com lower left corner)
he was pissed that it clobbered his stack of two 2-el somethings!

It's neither short nor light, but a real winner IMO.

Unfortunately, once I actually calculated the wind survival of
my pair of antennas on that crank-up tower, it'll never again be
raised to 72 feet.

Barry, W5GN

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of john at kk9a.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 2:34 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Recommendations for Purchasing a short 2 Element 40 Meter Beam

I would not consider the CAL AV a short 2 element 40 meter beam.

John KK9A



To:	L L bahr <pulsarxp at embarqmail.com>, towertalk at contesting.com
Subject:	Re: [TowerTalk] Recommendations for Purchasing a short 2 Element
40 Meter Beam
From:	"Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard at karlquist.com>
Date:	Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:01:38 -0700

Probably the best (IMHO) 2 element 40 is the one by Cal AV.
Unlike everything else on the market, both elements are driven.  It is kind of like a ZL special.  Big performance advantage for a little more complexity.  Here is an article comparing it to other designs.

http://www.arraysolutions.com/Products/40m%20Yagi%20Ant%20Article.htm#top

Rick N6RK

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