I used the Sky Hawk on one of my UST HDX 589 towers during Covid.
It performed well for what it was.
Nice antenna. Easy to tame with a rotor and hey worked a lot of DX from my
Mountain location.
Good luck. By the way assembly is simple to me , that is.
I Like DX Engineering stuff. I have some of the larger JK yagis but very heavy.
For the money SKy Hawk or smaller JK should work for you. My 45 cents worth of
opinion and experience Hihihi
There are a lot of fantastic hams that have experience with these type antennas
and many would help you with their experience or opinion. Just keep asking.
Hiii
73
De
Loyd
WB4BMQ
Sweet Home Alabama.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 30, 2026, at 5:14 PM, Tim Duffy <k3lr@k3lr.com> wrote:
>
> The DX Engineering Skyhawk is in stock.
>
> There is currently one left in stock - check this link:
>
> https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/dxe-3x10
>
> 73
> Tim K3LR @ DX Engineering
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Joe
> Subich, W4TV via TowerTalk
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2026 6:11 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] New Yagi for an old guy. ?
>
>
> A quick look at DXEngineering indicates the SKyhawk is not
> available. An alternative is the JKAntennas <JKAntennas.com>
> Mid-Tri.
>
> The Mid-Tri is a similarly sized (24 foot boom) with three
> active elements on 20 meters (6.4 dBi), 4 on 15 (9 dBi) and
> 5 on 10 (~9.6 dBi). There is also an option for 2 elements
> on 40 meters.
>
> 73,
>
> ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
>> On 2026-03-30 5:41 PM, Gene Smar via TowerTalk wrote:
>> I've had a Skyhawk (original open sleeve feed design by Bencher) on my tower
>> since 2001. I work everything I hear with it. I frequently get unsolicited
>> "nice signal" comments while running 100W.
>> And it's 4 elements on 10M, 3 on 20 and 15. It was a lot of fun to assemble,
>> too. A few tips: use NoAlOx sparingly on aluminum joints; use one
>> Scotch-Brite pad to clean the inside and outside of joints and a second to
>> apply the thin NoAlOx; and insert the 2 or 3 pop rivets into each joint
>> before you fasten any of them with the tool.
>> I also use the Skyhawk as top loading to shunt feed my tower on 160M. I
>> shorted all the parasitic elements to the boom with aluminum straps that I
>> fastened to the boom with hose clamps and to the elements with a #10 SS
>> screw through the element and its insulating sleeve.
>> 73 de Gene Smar AD3F
>> Sent from my Radio Shack TRS-80 model 100 laptop
>>
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