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Subject: C4 tuning jumper recap
Author: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
Date: 20-May-2003 17:05:48
At 05:50 PM 5/20/03 -0400, WW3S wrote:
>yet the picture in the link shows 3". At 3" the jumper fits without much
>bending; at 16" you need to bend it quite a bit and it sticks up quite a
>bit. I think I"ll start around 3" and see where to go from there. One
>respondent indicated he had to go 26" but it was unclear what freq he was
>setting up for.


The picture is probably of the reflector element, which must be tuned
substantially lower. They do, in fact, stick up quite a bit -- I'd say
mine have a 25-30 degree angle at the apex.


73, Pete N4ZR
The World HF Contest Station Database was updated 9 May 03.
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