TT:
I agree with Ted regarding the Skyhawk's performance. Plus with a
Skyhawk, you can short the parasitic elements to the boom with aluminum straps
and use these elements for capacitive loading for shunt-feeding the tower. See
my tower photo at
http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/ersmar/media/bWVkaWFJZDoxMzI5NDU3Mg==/?ref=1
.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ted K2QMF
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2019 2:49 PM
To: aa3b.bud@gmail.com
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com; k7lxc@aol.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Skyhawks on TIC Rings?
Hi Bud,
Just wanted to mention that I have SkyHawk!
I works Great!! Outstanding F/B on all 3 bands...
You will not go wrong..
161,
Ted K2QMF
On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 13:06:23 -0500 "Bud Trench" <aa3b.bud@gmail.com>
writes:
> Steve,
>
>
>
> I agree that the KT36XA s are excellent performers on 20M and 10M.
> My experience has been that they are marginal to poor on 15M.
> However, the reason for the change is that the KT36XA s are a
> maintenance challenge. The problem is that the evaporation paths for
> the tubular capacitors become blocked by insect building nests
> resulting in water build up in the tubular capacitors. I ve had to
> repeatedly drop the antennas and clean out the evaporation paths.
> It is amazing how much mud, muck and water I get out of the traps
> when I clean them. Other KT36XA users have also experienced this
> problem. There have multiple attempts by these users to fix the issue
> but none have been successful.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
>
> Bud AA3B
>
>
>
> From: k7lxc@aol.com <k7lxc@aol.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 12:55 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com; aa3b.bud@gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Skyhawks on TIC Rings?
>
>
>
>
>
> > I currently have a 3 stack of KT36XA's on a Rohn 55G tower. They
> are
>
> mounted on TIC Rings - Model 1122E. I am considering replacing the
> KT36XA's
>
> with Skyhawks.
>
>
>
> Okay, I'll bite. What is the compelling reason for the change?
> There's no improvement gain-wise so is it a mechanical reason? The
> XA's are xlnt performers. Just curious.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steve K7LXC
>
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