Hi guys Have been pondering this over for a couple of months. In the past my monobander for 40 has been KLM, however it's time to replace this antenna and currently the antenna is down. Question is,
My choice would be the XM-240 with the W6NL Moxon modifications. Much better F/B and bandwidth. 73, Roger Have been pondering this over for a couple of months. In the past my monobander for 40 has be
I have had Both of the antennas ...The hi Gain Dis-2 is a good antenna the linear loading wires are problematic if you live in a ICE area... I lost mine two times..... The Original CD40 had a number
Correcting a few things on the XM240 before putting it up would help. Mine collected water inside the elements. The water ran down the X-hat and into the hole used for mounting the X-hat. The plugs o
Glenn, I put up an XM-240 here in NH just over a year ago. Before I did I checked with the local contest club guys to see what things I might be careful about. Here?s what I did ? Replaced the boom t
A another choice is the W6NL scratch build "110mph Moxon". Particularly if your site is challenged with wind or ice. K6KR and I together built two and I acquired one for a 2x2 stack from K7ZSD. It co
Glen, I've had an XM-240 with the W6NL modifications that several of us did as a YCCC club project. The modifications were well worth it. It's been up for over two years at 97' and hasn't moved at al
BTW, be sure to use the secret LXC dimensions that'll give you 7.000 > 7.250 less than 2:1 swr. Cheers, Steve K7LXC _______________________________________________ ___________________________________
Split the CW and Mid settings and you'll have 7.000 to 7.250 at less than 2:1. Cheers, Steve K7LXC TOWER TECH _______________________________________________ ________________________________________
I have to second what Paul, W0AD said about the W6NL Moxon. I replaced a CC shorty-forty with the Moxon design and the difference is NIGHT AND DAY, -For the first time EVER, I find a frequency on 40
You are saying the gain of the shorty-forty is just 0.5db? 73 Peter All in all, between the coil losses and the directivity, I'd say it is ~4 db better than the shorty-forty in forward gain. That's a
I echo all the comments on the W6NL Moxon. I have built two from scratch and they are both in operation at my station 8P5A. All cutting was done on a table saw and all element drilling was done with