[TowerTalk] Homebrew 30m beam

[Jack Brindle]

There are a lot of us thinking “wow, I’d love to have an XM240” about now. But…

I would take a really good look at turning it into a Moxon for 30m. No traps needed, just some extensions a right angle.
I don’t believe that the right angle is magical, so you might be able to attach wires to the ends and have them travel back towards the boom attachments.

I know that Dave, W6NL converted his 240 to a 40m Moxon, no reason that it wouldn’t also work shortened for 30 meters.

73,
Jack, W6FB


> On Apr 30, 2024, at 9:30 AM, Mike Fatchett W0MU <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:
> 
> I have a bunch of Cushcraft 40-2CD XM240 elements hanging around.  Could the elements be shortened to work on 30m?  They all have coils and a capacitance hat as expected.
> 
>  The boom would also need to be shortened a bit.
> 
> Mike W0MU
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