Byron: I had a TH7-DXX at 78 ft and a Cushcraft A3-WS 10 ft above it.
Use this setup for 10 years. It worked very well. I replaced all of that
hardware with the 3 element SteppIR.
From what I can tell with my operation the past year, the SteppIR works
as well or better than the Hygain-Cushcraft combo and I have far less
"stuff" in the air.
73,
Bernard, WA4OEJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Byron Tatum" <bjtatum@ev1.net>
To: <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 6:03 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Small Yagi Advice
> Thank you everyone for the nice responses. I certainly am checking into
> all suggestions. If I might bore everyone a little here is where I am
> coming from: I recently finished a 92' Rohn 45-G. Over the last few years
> I have picked up 2 antennas that I planned to install :
> HyGain TH7-DXX { an older one, about 6 years old, NIB} ------ right
> above tower neck
> Cushcraft A3-WS and A-103 30 meter add on kit { all NIB} ------- 8'
> above TH7
> My goal is to have reasonable performance on 20, 17, 15, 12, and 10
> meters.My work schedule is terrible and I get caught on long stretches
> where I have little time off. I am behind on my antenna work and have been
> off the air way too long.
> After some wrestling around with what to put on the tower { as I wanted to
> put up a couple of VHF yagis above HF antennas} I have started to shy away
> from putting up the TH-7DXX. I do most of my tower work alone. When I read
> about the Force 12 XR-5 I became excited, as it contains a full sized 2
> ele. yagi for each of 5 bands. The XR-5 should do *almost* what the TH7 /
> A3WS combo would do, and better on 30 meters. From what I see the XR-5 is
> smaller and lighter than TH7 and possibly would fit my needs.
> I read some of the product reviews on E-Ham, one really was negative
> and was the most recent. Anyone have any insight into this? After all, the
> XR-5 is an expensive antenna.
> Thanks all, Byron WA5THJ.
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