I had three of those Hy-Gain 244 "Hy-Quad" tri-band quads over the years. I
always had excellent results with them, and it was so convenient to have the
three bands all on one feedline. It seemed like there were a million parts to
put one together, with all of the three gamma match assemblies and insulators,
but the performance always justified the long, tedious assembly. I later went
to a 6-band Lightning Bolt Quad (20/17/15/12/10 and 6-Meters), all with
separate feedlines through a remote coax switch. I was very happy with its
performance, too. Now at my current home, all I have is a Butternut HF9V
multiband vertical antenna, which works okay for what it is. But someday, a
quad is going up again (as soon as I can find a tower.)
LJ
-----Original Message-----
>From: Edwin Karl <edk0kl@centurytel.net>
>Sent: Jun 20, 2014 6:18 PM
>To: towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: [TowerTalk] trap antennae
>
>In the early 70's I had a Hy-Quad. A three band 2 element quad. Aluminum
>wires
>spreader broken up with heavy plastic. all gamma matched, single feed.
>It was
>50 feet up, lived on Long Island.
>Survived a hurricane, and two nasty winter snowstorms. Been un made for some
>time but it proved a quad, when built right was a good antenna. An issue
>getting
>up due to the 3 dimensional characteristics.
>Gave it away when I moved to the Midwest. Nevertheless it worked well
>
>ed K0KL
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