[50mhz] Rebuilding Hi-gain 406

Thu, 11 Jul 2002 22:51:04 -0400

If that is the 64B or 64BS, it is a great antenna!!  Far exceeds the
Cushcraft 5 element (similar size)
The balun us just a length of coax stretched up and back the boom...not too
bad.
...Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 10:40 PM
Subject: [50mhz] Rebuilding Hi-gain 406


> I have this wonderful old 4 element beam that needs a little fixing up.
> Mostly it's new hardware and a little straightening, but it also needs a
new
> ballon. It uses a piece of rg58 as the ballon. I am curious as to whether
or
> not one of the ferrite bead coax ballons will work better, be less lossy,
> etc?
>
> Has anyone made any improvements to this antenna that I should consider
> while it's on the ground and disassembled for moving?
>
>
> Mike Duke, K5XU
> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
>
>
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