Luciano,
I also have a two element 40 (cushcraft) Yagi at about 85 ft. Have almost
300 countries on 40 almost all CW. Beam has been up for many years. So far
so good!! ;o)
73 Joe K2UF
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From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill
Parry
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 11:46 PM
To: 'Larry Loen'; luciano_nachif@yahoo.com
Cc: 'TowerTalk'
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 40 meters yagi - Your advice matters
I would like to concur with what Larry said. I have a Cushcraft XM240 and it
is a very good antenna. It is also light and sturdy. I had an experience
with the 4 element KLM 40 and found it to work about the same as my 2
element Cushcraft but was considerable less sturdy in the wind. The boom
broke in half in less than a year. You probably should weigh the positives
and negatives of such a large antenna with what you get in return. I am very
nearly on the honor roll with this antenna, just be sure to get your antenna
high enough to make all the effort worthwhile.
Bill W5VX
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From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Larry
Loen
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 10:11 PM
To: luciano_nachif@yahoo.com
Cc: TowerTalk
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 40 metres yagi - Your advice matters
Do what you like, but I am very content with the "shorty forty" two element
that is on my Force 12 6BA. I got it in part because of the limited
windload on my (conservatively rated) tower, but I must say, I am extremely
content with the performance.
Even two shortened elements gives you a very big leg up on everyone else.
I worked VU7 on my first call very early on after I bought it, finished up
WAZ with it, and basically haven't looked back. I get about half the band
for BW and that seems to be plenty. I have missed nothing I needed. I
don't think I would want the complexity of 3 or 4 elements, especially full
sized, on 40.
Larry WO7R
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 6:17 PM, luciano_nachif@yahoo.com <
towertalk@contesting.com> wrote:
> I've been thinking about buying a 3 or 4 elements 40m yagi for long now.
> I've talked to factory representatives at Dayton hamvention but
> haven't heard from those who actually own them.
>
> Having said that, which 3 or 4 elements 40m yagi would you recommend,
> please? Would you consider a linear loaded one like M2 40M4LLDD or
> would you go for the full sized one such as the JK404 Grande from JK
Antennas?
> Cost benefit is of utmost importance as the Brazilian Real x American
> Dollar rate doubled in the last months.
>
> 73,
>
> Luciano PT9KK
>
> Sent from my HTC
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