Hi, let's put the disclaimer first: this antenna gonna be used for WW RTTY from some Caribbean country. Now back to the question. I am looking for relatively light and inexpensive tribander to take w
Alex, I bought the C3SS in hopes of taking it to the Caribbean 18 months ago. Force-12 lost the order (!) so it didn't quite arrive in time for me to feel comfortable taking it but I did assemble it
There is a hard rule in life that you must accept before you go any farther. 'You cannot have your cake and eat it to.' You just can't get light, inexpensive, and efficient plus power handling in one
-- I remember the article where N6NB ran around Southern California testing various antennas. He was impressed with the performance of the TH-2. I would guess that the TH-3 wouldn't be any worse. Dav
While the A3S is rated at 1500 watts PEP and the TH3 Junior at 600 watts PEP, I seriously doubt that the traps will take anywhere near that during RTTY service. And the Mosley TA-33 "senior" is rated
I was grappling with this issue for my home installation. I used a TA-33jr as my first yagi when I lived in California. It worked well, although it was sorta narrow in terms of bandwidth. In my new h
Actually, there is an alternative that works very well and that is a TA33. You can run legal limit into it, and it works great. You can often find them used for under $200. Parts are still available
Hi Alex Have you considered the Hy Gain TH-2? It is the same price as the TH-3jr but you can run 2 kw into it. I had a TH-3Jr here once upon a time and I blew the traps by accidently loading the amp
Another small tribander that you don't hear much about is the TH-2, Sure it is only 2 elements, but it is also less weight to transport & less antenna to rotate. And unlike the TH-3JR it is rated at
Thanks everybody, there were more than 15 people who answered. By the way, I noticed, that good portion of them replied to me directly, not going through the mailing list. The tri-banders I was looki
Alex, I have to recommend the C3SS in spite of its cost. It's light, packs down to a VERY small box, performs really well and it can be assembled in less than 2 hours. I took one to Shetland last mon
While I have no experience with the TH-3JR, I have been pleasantly surprised with the performance of the A3S. As I tried to do SO2R with one tower, I had an A3S fixed to the west at 30 ft on the 75 f
I have the TH3Mk4, which weighs around 35 lbs, handles 1500 watts and is 3 elements on a 14ft boom. It's been up 9 years now and I've not had any problems with it. I would guess performance wise it w
When I did DXpeditions I took a CC A3, modified it by cutting any tubing longer than 48 inches, and used spices with clamps. I fit the hole thing into an 8 inch diameter by 48 inch handi-man cardboar
This can be another solution: http://www.spiderbeam.net/sb/product_info.php?info=p1_Spiderbeam%2020-15-10m.html 73 de Guido, ik2bcp _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing
Or OptiBeam OBW10-5 (a bit pricey, tho')... 73 Mirko, S57AD Guido Tedeschi pravi: _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contes