[TowerTalk] 40 meters yagi - Your advice matters

[Bill Parry]

I would like to concur with what Larry said. I have a Cushcraft XM240 and it
is a very good antenna. It is also light and sturdy. I had an experience
with the 4 element KLM 40 and found it to work about the same as my 2
element Cushcraft but was considerable less sturdy in the wind. The boom
broke in half in less than a year. You probably should weigh the positives
and negatives of such a large antenna with what you get in return. I am very
nearly on the honor roll with this antenna, just be sure to get your antenna
high enough to make all the effort worthwhile.

Bill W5VX


-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Larry
Loen
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 10:11 PM
To: luciano_nachif at yahoo.com
Cc: TowerTalk
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 40 metres yagi - Your advice matters

Do what you like, but I am very content with the "shorty forty" two element
that is on my Force 12 6BA.  I got it in part because of the limited
windload on my (conservatively rated) tower, but I must say, I am extremely
content with the performance.

Even two shortened elements gives you a very big leg up on everyone else.
I worked VU7 on my first call very early on after I bought it, finished up
WAZ with it, and basically haven't looked back.  I get about half the band
for BW and that seems to be plenty.  I have missed nothing I needed.  I
don't think I would want the complexity of 3 or 4 elements, especially full
sized, on 40.


Larry WO7R

On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 6:17 PM, luciano_nachif at yahoo.com <
towertalk at contesting.com> wrote:

> I've been thinking about buying a 3 or 4 elements 40m yagi for long now.
> I've talked to factory representatives at Dayton hamvention but 
> haven't heard from those who actually own them.
>
> Having said that, which 3 or 4 elements 40m yagi would you recommend, 
> please? Would you consider a linear loaded one like M2 40M4LLDD or 
> would you go for the full sized one such as the JK404 Grande from JK
Antennas?
> Cost benefit is of utmost importance as the Brazilian Real x American 
> Dollar rate doubled in the last months.
>
> 73,
>
> Luciano PT9KK
>
> Sent from my HTC
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