[TowerTalk] Worse than MFJ/Cushcraft coils

Gedas w8bya at mchsi.com
Mon Sep 16 11:02:23 EDT 2019


I wonder if the original designers did that to lower the Q and make the 
antenna SWR BW greater with just a slight loss in gain/efficiency. I 
know mine was usable over most of the band.

Gedas, W8BYA

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On 9/15/2019 9:50 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> The Cushcraft 40m beam coil losses could be greatly improved by using 
> large aluminum wire.  https://www.qsl.net/ve6wz/CC_coil.html
>
> John KK9A
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> Dave Thompson K4JRB wrote:
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> Gang,
>
> I bought the 2 el Cushcraft 40 and never looked back.
>
> 73 Dave  K4JRB
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