Lots of antennas work better than you expect on the "new" bands.
On 17 and 12m, I use my Cushcraft 40-2CD 40m yagi. I had no
trouble working any of the DXpeditions. On 30m, I use my 80m
slopers. I don't bust the pileup, but I get through.
73 Barry W2UP
On 6 Mar 02, at 10:29, Donald R. Bozarth wrote:
> Force 12 has announced a new antenna the XR-5. It is a 5 band (20-10)
> antenna with the "forward stagger", multi-monobander design developed
> by Force 12. The specs look pretty good. It has a relative small
> footprint, being on an 18' boom and a turning radius of just over 20'.
> At this point there doesn't seem to be a way to add 40m to it.
>
> The ability of the C series antennas to work on 17/12 is at best a
> compromise, but they actually perform better than you might expect. A
> good friend of mine has the C4, and in three years has managed 307
> countries with a fair amount on the WARC bands.
>
> Don B.
> W6DRB
>
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