[Force 12 Talk] question C4E and 40m element

[Victor Bull]

Hi Darrell,

>From distant memory,  recall that the C3E  was a C3 with a third element on
10 M ...  had assumed that that a C4E,  was that C3 with the third element
for 10 M.

I did start with a C3,  and tuned it more for the CW band ends.  It worked
well.  Then went to the C4XL -- C3 with two short 40 M elements.  The C3
portion (ie,  20 - 10 M)  tuning did not change,  not even on 15 M.

Bought a C4XL originally,  and with that order,  had Tom also ship a C3
Boom assembly,  and started with the short boom.

FWIW,  YMMV,   so on  Good Luck,   Vic  K6IC

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:38 PM, AB2E Darrell <ab2e at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> Not sure if this list is still active.
>
> I have an unassembled C4E.
> My question is, in the manual (it shows 4 versions of this antenna, C4 and
> C4E and 2 others) the C4E has a single feedline and has the 40m dipole
> element. Two versions of the C4 have dual feedlines, and is labelled C3
> Core and "EF140S to complete C4".
> I'm hoping to leave off the 40m dipole element and just use it as a C3,
> and mount a HyGain Discoverer 3 (3el 40m) yagi below it.
> From what I'm seeing in the manual there should not be an impact on the
> antenna is used only as a C3?
>
> Has anyone done this?
>
> Any feedback appreciated,
> 73 Darrell AB2E
>
>
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