[VHFcontesting] Cushcraft 32-19 modifications

[John Geiger]

I have been offered a Cushcraft 32-19 2m 19 element yagi (really more like a 17 element yagi) on a 23 foot boom.  The boom length is a little too long for my current arrangement and the boom also uses crossbraces which wouldn't work good in my current setup.

I had one of these antennas up in the late 90s when I lived in Iowa and it was a decent performer.  When I had the one before I was given a second one with it but it was missing some of the boom supports so I cut it down into a 10 element yagi or so. It still loaded up ok but didn't ever mount it so don't know how it performed.   

I am wondering if such a "modification" would be worth it on this one.  Do you think taking 6 or 7 directors (and a few feet of boom length) off of it would affect performance much?

73s John AA5JG