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Re: [TowerTalk] Recommendations for Purchasing a short 2 Element 40 Mete

To: <john@kk9a.com>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Recommendations for Purchasing a short 2 Element 40 Meter Beam
From: <w5gn@mxg.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:48:27 -0500
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My Cal-AV 2 el 40 was installed in 2003 by N5YA, and when
raised to 72 Feet (pic at www.mxg.com lower left corner)
he was pissed that it clobbered his stack of two 2-el somethings!

It's neither short nor light, but a real winner IMO.

Unfortunately, once I actually calculated the wind survival of
my pair of antennas on that crank-up tower, it'll never again be
raised to 72 feet.

Barry, W5GN

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john@kk9a.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 2:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Recommendations for Purchasing a short 2 Element 40 
Meter Beam

I would not consider the CAL AV a short 2 element 40 meter beam.

John KK9A



To:     L L bahr <pulsarxp@embarqmail.com>, towertalk@contesting.com
Subject:        Re: [TowerTalk] Recommendations for Purchasing a short 2 Element
40 Meter Beam
From:   "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Date:   Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:01:38 -0700

Probably the best (IMHO) 2 element 40 is the one by Cal AV.
Unlike everything else on the market, both elements are driven.  It is kind of 
like a ZL special.  Big performance advantage for a little more complexity.  
Here is an article comparing it to other designs.

http://www.arraysolutions.com/Products/40m%20Yagi%20Ant%20Article.htm#top

Rick N6RK

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