Jon,
The Cushcraft X9 has been out of production for some time. Only the X7 is
still available.
73,
Joe, W1JR
At 10:57 PM 4/23/2003 -0500, Jon Ogden wrote:
>on 4/23/03 11:10 AM, yo3ctk at yo3ctk@alltrom.ro wrote:
>
> > As far as I can see, the only real contenders may be Force 12 C4XL or
> SXL or
> > Cushcraft X9 or X7 combined with an XM240.
>
>Mike,
>
>I would go with the F-12 C4SXL. It has 2 elements on 40 meters and covers
>20, 15 and 10 as well. It's definitely a very good antenna. Someone else
>mentioned the XR-6. That's even better, but I think it's a much bigger and
>much more expensive antenna. The C4SXL was my antenna of choice and I was
>going to buy one until I got a great deal on a Bencher Skyhawk and bought
>that instead. Still I debated because having 2 elements on 40m would be
>VERY nice indeed.
>
>And I'd go with the F-12 over Cushcraft. The CC model X9 still uses traps
>in the director elements. Curshcraft claims these elements don't have a lot
>of current flowing through them and so the loss is minimized. That's not
>really true. The directors actually do have significant current flowing in
>them.
>
>I think the research done by K7LXC shows the F-12 antennas to be some of the
>best out there.
>
>73,
>
>Jon
>NA9D
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