[TowerTalk] n4kg Simplified Strengthening of the Cushcraft 40-2CD file

jim.thom jim.thom@telus.net jim.thom at telus.net
Mon Aug 16 13:12:48 EDT 2021


From: Dave Sublette <k4to.dave at gmail.com>
To: Jorge Diez - CX6VM <cx6vm.jorge at gmail.com>
Cc: Tower Talk <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] n4kg Simplified Strengthening of the
        Cushcraft 40-2CD file

<N4KG is now an SK.     I had a pair of those antennas for 25 years or so.
<I had to slip an extra tube or two inside the tubing in the center of each
<element.  They did much better, mechanically, after that.  I don't don't
<know what Tom's method was, but it must have been something similar.
<Dave, K4TO

##  This is easily modeled using  DXE's   superb... yagi mechanical
software.  Then you can see the results from adding inner liners  etc, in
an instant.  It also works for booms.

Jim   VE7RF


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