Mark,
The Hexbeam is excellent and real. In short, it was the only antenna
to hold up for Chuck at Bouvet Island. It is a bit pricey, but worth
it. I have the 5-band one ready to put up soon. Friends that have
it simply are very pleased with the Hexbeam.
72 de Barry - W4WB
--- In FT817@y..., "Mark A. Smith" <kb5kyx@k...> wrote:
Group,
I found a website that some of you are probably already aware of.
This
company manufactures a portable 2 element beam made of wire and
fiberglass
spreaders. I believe the weight was under 8 pounds, the gain was
around
4-6db, and the turning radius less than 10 feet on 20M.
They also have a 5 band beam. I haven't purchased one of these yet,
but I've
read more than a few good reports on them. It seems they are
comparable to a
trapped 3 elem./3 band yagi in performance, but with a much smaller
footprint. The wire element lengths are full sized, and they're
suppose to
quiet like a quad. They also sell collapsible masts for portable op.
If any of you have any experience with these I'd sure appreciate any
comments you might have.
Their website is
Mark
KB5KYX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Mc" <tjmc@e...>
To: <FT817@y...>
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 1:45 PM
Subject: [FT817] Mini antennas for HF...
Hi Gang,
I've seen / used small antennas before ( the HT-750 antennas for
starters and the the PW-1 now )and have come to a conclusion; they
work
but not well!
Don't take this the wrong way... they do work, ( yes I've worked DX
on a
40inch whip), but poorly due to the physical/electrical size of
them as
compared to a regular HF antenna.
If there is no choice then of course use a shortened antenna, but
most
of the time there is an option.
Any light weight end feed wire of lenght(without coax)or light
weight
dipole (or V ) with coax/twinlead will outdo the small antenna
easily (
and prob fit in a zip-lock bag).
comments welcome
best
Tom aa2vk
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