[TowerTalk] Cushcraft 40-2cd or XM-240 to 30 meters?

[N5KM - Kris]

I can't find the details of my conversion at the moment but in a
nutshell I removed the
capacitive hats, extended the tips as far as I could (6 inch overlap),
rewound the loading
coils to, I believe, 11 uHy on a 12 foot boom. It's a DE/REFL
arrangement verified with 4nec2.
I use a helical beta match to match 50 ohms. Adjust tips, as required,
for best gain or F/B;
your choice.

I have it side-mounted with HAM-4 rotator at 50 feet.

GL and 73,

Kris N5KM



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Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 05:20:34 -0700
From: "Rich Hallman - N7TR" <rich at n7tr.com>
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Subject: [TowerTalk] Cushcraft 40-2cd or XM-240 to 30 meters?
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Looking for anyone who has converted their cushcraft to 30 meters?   If
so..what the dimension changes you used were and how it works.

Thanks.

Rich N7TR
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