The response about the beam has been swift and rewarding. I want to thank
all of you. I will respond to the early birds, individually, but I want to
let the list know so they can stop worrying (?) about my problem (HI).
The beam is apparently a CushCraft ATB 34, the predecessor to the A4S now
in production. I had made a mistake in the identification of the trapless
element and in which was the long director and which was the reflector. I
guess I am more used to seeing more directors than reflectors. That's what
fooled me. Without your help (and a manual) I would have pointed it
backwards (and probably complained about the lousy F/B).
BTW- Cushcraft has a download facility for their current manuals. The A4S
is much like the ATB34, and its manual will be a help. Unfortunately, there
is a part of one table missing. (the one that tells how to space the
elements for different parts of the band.) - Such is life!
I still wish the makers would see fit to mark their products- I always use
my call, why cant they do the equivalent?
Thanks to all- Bill- W4BSG
Bill Aycock W4BSG
Jackson County, AL
EM64vr
W4BSG is "vanity" this time, but was
earned by exam in 1954, the first time.
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