Hi George The original Chushcraft 40-2CD has the discrepancy you said. Has to
do with the dim from C/L of the boom with the added insulator . The tube you
need is 1 1/4 od .058 wall 72 inches long. Stan your looking at the
EG tube on the New XM240CD not the EG tube on the 40-2CD Wayne W3EA
> From: wa5rtg@gmail.com
> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:37:26 -0600
> To: cx6vm.jorge@gmail.com
> CC: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 40-2CD question
>
> Jorge,
>
> Following is the link to the manual on MFJ website
>
> http://www.cushcraftamateur.com/pdffiles/XM-240.pdf
>
> EG is the SMALLEST diameter tube and is 3/8 inches OD x 36 inches long.
> EA is the largest diameter tube and is 1-3/8 inches OD x 84 inches long.
> EB is the 1-1/4 inch tube and is 48 inches long.
>
> I would carefully check your antenna using this manual to see what you have.
>
> Stan, K5GO
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jan 24, 2013, at 9:06 AM, "Jorge Diez - CX6VM" <cx6vm.jorge@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello
> >
> >
> >
> > I need to order some part of the elements of the 40-2CD
> >
> >
> >
> > I don´t have the antenna here right now, but I made my notes of the damage
> > sections but now reading the manual I have a doubt
> >
> >
> >
> > I need the EG tube of the driven element. This part is a 1 ¼ x 72´´ but in
> > the dimension sheet I need to have 73´´ of this tube, so something is bad in
> > the manual
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyone familiar with this antenna that can help me to determine the right
> > dimension of the section I need?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jorge
> >
> > CX6VM/CW5W
> >
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