Scott: Used one frequently at NJ4F and notice the same effect. It would appear to be normal to me. 73 de Larry K7SV in VA -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: tower
I had something build a nest in a piece of the linear loading for my 40 mtr antenna. It was corrosive and ate the aluminum from the inside. As I was cleaning the element I happened to whip it a littl
The boom on the 4 element KLM used to be a weak spot. Had one break in 1980. Replaced it with a new boom with the 360 truss system and it held up well after that. Had a friend lose one of the plastic
Dave, I had a 90 foot Universal rated at 8 sq feet as I recall some years back while I was still in ND. I had a 204BA on it. My first comment is that as soon as I had 40 feet of it up I decided there
Kevin, I wouldn't try it on a bet. Last year when I first put my 2 element KLM at 8 feet above my XA with the booms 90 degrees apart, I had problems with the XA on 15. So I decided to see what happen
Dave, I'm surprised that Bruce hasn't responded. It usualy took him two days to answer my EMail, but he did get back to me. I just fnished rebuilding my XA. I had some real problems, and it took bett
Hi George. You are correct, there is an awful lot to be said for being able to switch between antennas instead of rotating. Phil KT3Y with his assortment of wire arrays in various directions and at v
SNIP SNIP I have about seventy feet of ladder line going almost straight up to my 40 meter EDZ. I have a pair of aligator on the shack end of it, and for 160 simply move the clips from the 80-10 mtr
I trust you'll forgive the bandwidth. One of the LU guys asked about how I was feeding the 40 meter zipp as a vertical on top band. I was trying to work the FH on 80 as I responded. When the FH calle
The KT34XA won a bunch of battles, but K7SV won the war! This was really a horror story, but I'll limit this to lessons learned. In case you didn't see my earlier posting, the swr at the low end of 1
Anyone out there happen to know what the velocity factor of RG59MATV type E82833 type CL2 would be? 73 de Larry K7SV -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@
Please excuse a bit more bandwidth on this subject. A number of folks asked how I measured the resonant frequency of each element. Several asked what readings I ended up with. I used the AEA HF analy
Earlier this summer I pulled a Kt34XA and 2 element KLM 40 mtr yagi off the tower for refurbishing and to eliminate two problems. The first problem was high vswr on the KT34XA on 15, and most TT read
Ward, there must be a KT34XA virous or something going around. You are the third person that I know wo was working on a KT34XA yesterday. I'm in the process of rebuidling mine. SNIP N3GPU's comments
Well folks I knew that pulling my KT34XA and 2el KLM down for refurbishing was going to be a task, but it's turning out to be more than I bargained for. I'm having a problem with the XA that's got me
Hi yall. I'm the one having a problem with my XA on 15 - single dip up in the phone band. You probably saw what the wx was like here over the weekend (102-105 degrees with humidity to match), I didn'
i have a shorting strap that's 1/2 X 4 inch aluminum strap that connects a couple of elements on a tribander. If I replace that strap with stainless steel of same approximate size should I expect any
I see lots of comments from folks stacking KT34XAs and CC 402s on the same tower. Wonder if anyone out there is running the XA/2 el KLM 40 in a stack? How I got to where I am is kind of a long story,