I would vote for the Tennadyne T6 also. The SWR on the last T6 I used in
Botswana was 1.3:1 across all bands. One coax for 20 through 10 meters. It
will also work on 6 meters.
No ATU required. The boom is 12 feet and the longest element is 38 feet.
Charles F. Frost
Frosty K5LBU
frosty1@pdq.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Fuller" <w2lu@rochester.rr.com>
To: "Peter Dougherty" <w2irt@verizon.net>; "'K0DAN'" <k0dan@comcast.net>;
<TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Smaller tribander
> And don't forget, you don't have to worry about "tunning" an LP. If you
> can
> live with 2:1 SWR and the turning radius, considering the price and
> mechanical and electrical spec's, and the fact that it covers all 5 bands
> 10-20, it would be really hard to beat the T-6, at $500 even if you had to
> buy a tuner. Put it up as high as possible and then use 40 and 80 meter
> inverted V's at the top for guys and you should have a pretty good system.
> Good Luck, Gene / W2LU
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Dougherty" <w2irt@verizon.net>
> To: "'K0DAN'" <k0dan@comcast.net>; <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 8:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Smaller tribander
>
>
>> Another option I can recommend is a TGM mini-beam. I use one of these at
>> only 25' AGL every year for CQWW-CW in Toronto and I'm very pleased with
>> its
>> performance. Small, lightweight and with a tiny footprint, able to be
>> easily
>> turned with a TV-antenna grade rotor it has decent gain specs although
>> it's
>> obviously not a fantastic performer F/B and F/S. Compared to the W9INN
>> multiband wire vee system it replaced it's orders of magnitude better.
>>
>> http://www.tgmcom.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------
>>
>> - pjd
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
>> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of K0DAN
>> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 7:46 PM
>> To: TOWERTALK@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Smaller tribander
>>
>> And alternatively Tennadyne T6 log periodic: $500, 20-10 meters inclusive
>> (including WARC, and some users have had good results on 6M), 12' boom,
>> weighs 37 pounds. 5+ dbd gain, 6+ sq. ft. wind load. One feedline. Tough
>> to
>> beat.
>>
>>
>>
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