[TowerTalk] OptiBeam OB2-40M

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Not to mention all the issues people have had with the connections of 
those coils.

On 5/21/2021 6:28 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> VE6WZ has an interesting webpage on Cushcraft's loading coil construction
> (68 turns of 12AWG wire) and its loss:
> https://www.qsl.net/ve6wz/CC_coil.html
>
> John KK9A
>
> Dave Thompson K4JRB wrote
>
>
> That optibeam sounds great but I reburbed my old 2 el Cushcraft 40 and its
> still a killer.  I see no reason to change.
> The cushcraft usually beat out a 3 el Telerex at n4RJ and several 4 el KLM
> 40's nearby.  It worked so good that Tom N4KG (SK now) in Huntsville called
> it a killer antenna and ordered one for himself.  And no I left it alone and
> did not modify it as a moxon.
>
> 73 Dave K4JRB
>
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