I understand all the rave about trapless antennas. I have one too, a trapless
tribander with 3 elements on 20m, 3 elements on 15m, and 4 elements on 10m.
And I have purchased Steve's comparison report and my antenna did well in the
test. FWIW one day I did some tests with a local ham who has a Mosley
Pro-67B. That antenna has been up for over 20 years. We were neck and neck on
most bands. I was quite surprised at the result. I understand that there are
other variables involved like QTH, etc. He was thinking about getting a new
antenna and I told him don't bother with it. Why fix something that isn't
broken?
Here comes my biggest disappointment- his Mosley covers six bands and my two
yagis on a cromoly mast only cover four bands. On 17m he beats me by four S
units as my yagis aren't resonant on 17m. I haven't been that depressed in a
long time! If I could start over again I would consider the Mosley.
Best Regards,
Jonathan Woo, W6GX
(970) 646-1711
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