Cushcraft A743 40 meter add-on
 

Steve,

You might be disappointed. Basically what you end up with is a severely
shortened dipole that is inductively loaded. It has limited bandwidth and
offers no gain. As an advantage, however, it does allow one to rotate it to
minimize a source of interference. But if you are limited to just one antenna,
then it might be worthwhile. I've talked with maybe 6 hams that have owned
them. While it does give them 40 meters, performance is not like on 10, 15,
20.

Best of luck with your decision.

73s,

Evan

Thanks Evan. This was more or less what I expected.
I have room in the back yard for some sloping dipoles
and an inverted vee on the tower. I'll probably stick
with those for the time being

Steve WQ5N


"K9SQG" wrote in message
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Steve,

You might be disappointed. Basically what you end up with is a
severely
shortened dipole that is inductively loaded. It has limited
bandwidth and
offers no gain. As an advantage, however, it does allow one to
rotate it to
minimize a source of interference. But if you are limited to just
one antenna,
then it might be worthwhile. I've talked with maybe 6 hams that
have owned
them. While it does give them 40 meters, performance is not like on
10, 15,
20.

Best of luck with your decision.

73s,

Evan

Hi,
Maybe one more comment.
I use this 40 meter add-on but it is only on the 15 meters mast.
From the same mast I have for 40 meters band inverted V.
I use Inverted V for listening but when I turn beam I get better results
while transmitting.
Best 73,
Piotr SP6RGQ