John,
I have a G5RV at 45', and a Cushcraft A3 tribander ( 3 ele) at 25'. I can
tell you for DX, the G5RV works as well, if not better at times, than the low
tribander. Stateside stuff, the tribander seems better to both coasts, and
anything in between.
That's on 20 meters.
On 15 & 10 meters, the tribander wins hands down, domestic or DX.
Put both up. I use the bejeebies out of my antenna switch between the two!
73- Chuck KI9A
In a message dated 6/21/2008 2:41:04 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
aa5jg@lcisp.com writes:
I am currently limited to a G5RV for HF following the demise of a miniquad I
was using. I am looking at getting a Mosley 2 element tribander, but I
can't get it up very high right now-maybe 25 feet or so.
I know that the low height will hurt performance, especially on 20 meters.
Given the low height of the antenna, would it still be a much better
performer than the G5RV. The G5RV isn't up that high either, but has done
nicely on 30m, 40m and 80m where I have been using it the last few years.
I guess I am just trying to figure out whether the 2 element beam would be
worth the extra money, or if it would be pretty similar to a G5RV, given the
low height it would be at.
73s John AA5JG
(ex: W5TD, NE0P)
6M WAS #1275, 6m VUCC #1260
2m VUCC #615, Satellite VUCC #129
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