Re Telrex 40m yagis: You know which model KS8S had, Mike? Performance-wise
the 3 el on 29' boom model was marginal while the 3 el on 46' boom played very,
very well. I used them both, at various stations, during my contesting in the
60s-70s in eight-land.
I do recall some problems with element tips though. There was a satisfactory
work around, although I cant specifically recall what it was, nor do I think
Ercolino was any help.
73, Bob K8IA
ex-K8HLR
In a message dated 3/1/2005 12:44:51 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
W4EF@dellroy.com writes:
> Dave,
>
> Junk antennas are not a recent invention. Telrex made some pretty
> shaky antennas too. Back in the 80's KS8S had two of their 3 element
> 40 meter yagis stacked on a 180' tower. The stainless steel element tips
> were constantly falling off those antennas. And when the tip were up
> there, the antennas didn't seem to work worth a damn although that
> may have been a guy wire problem (no insulators).
>
> Mike, W4EF................
>
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