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What happened to ya SOB? Bump:scared:

I installed hundreds of the K-40's back in the eighties! I worked for a custom van company. The roof mount seal did not come with the antennas, we had to order the seals. They are a good antenna for running up and down the road, and for the fact that you can remove it with a twist of the wrist...

SOB have you put something together yet?:whistle:

I agree! There's nothing like the snap crackle pop and the warm glow!:drool:

It would be interesting to know what tubes it runs, and what he might be asking for it! I love talking on a old school, low deadkey radio hooked up to an old tube amp!!:wub:

I've had good luck with heat shrink on gammas and element connections. When it's time to rebuild or perform maintenance, slice the heat shrink and peal it off. 2 cents

I have a "Magnum" four pill mobile! Can't find any information on it, but it works real well in the shack. Get around 250-275 out of it. I've been told the Magnum is a Palomar knock off! Good luck with your box!

Shockwave- good luck with the three element! That was my first choice, but we came up with two four element booms so we're going four. The guy that designed these runs a four element. He lives 30 miles away from my area. When he keys (barefoot) nobody can believe it. Puts me in the red every...

Sob-did you get my e-mail?:pop:

We aren't really changing the PDL2! We are simply adding directors for forward gain, and tightening it up a tad! The loop and gamma system is still set up per the original instructions. Thanks

I just sent it again! I wondered why I hadnt heard from you on this. Something I didn't put in the E-Mail was that we are using 14 gauge stranded guy wire from true value for the wires. Take some pics of your build. It's nice to share!:whistle: Let me know that you did in fact get the...

Metal hubs and metal elements! Did you get my e-mail about the three element PDL?

Woohoo, thanks to me and 100 others!<More audio>

I lied here! The directors don't use the fiberglass elements.

I'm no tech by any means, but I think the coax will show resistance when hooked to the antenna. Good luck

Did you use the dimensions I sent you? I don't have a clue what yagi elements look like. but if they aren't exactly like the Avanti elements my schematics won't work!

That will be a killer antenna! That's a lot of weight hanging out there unless your planning on some kind of gantry system. Take pics. And good luck.

The boom and reinforced hub and the metal hubs are here! The hubs are already at the desired locations. I've got a long list too make up for the replacement stainless hardware. There's a new moonraker in the box out in the garage to pilfer all the elements from. There's alot of cleaning to do...

Sounds great! I'm going to go pick up the beam tonight! It's gonna be some time before I key up on it. Alot of cleaning and fine tuning before that happens. Plus I have the towe to situate and put together. Good luck on your end.

It's been a good week! Took down a seventy foot tower with a ice damaged PDL4 and a ham 2 rotor last Saturday. It' now in my trailer in the driveway. Got a call from the tech, he said a friend of his that was running one of the PDL4s like the one in post 3 had passed. That antenna is now at the...