Hi Charles,
I think that your choice (OptiBeam OB12-4) is excellent, as saw I in
our club it is well designed and well made. In despite we too have
severe winds at Adriatic Sea coast with gusts up to 120 mph, we put it
on top of 40' self supporting tower. I think it is excellent
compromise between price/features., and if I had some more money I'd buy
it as well.
73 Mirko, S57AD
kk5oq@datastar.net pravi:
>I am coming up on retirement after 32 years in the .mil world.
>I want to put up a self supporting crank up type tower (70') and a
>40-10 meter non trap type yagi beam antenna. I looked at the
>Optibeam 40-10 antenna and it appears to be well made/designed.
>The wind speed down her is said to be 100mph. This was based on
>some 50 year study and had something to do with hurricane's.
>We seldom get 60mph burst of winds during bad tstorms.
>The eye of katrina was just a few miles west of me.
>I have always used homebrew cut dipoles and verticals.
>I need to start making some points in the contest ( rtty )
>and improve on the dxcc count ( 309 worked rtty ).
>Your advice will be much appreciated. I don't want to cut cost
>just to get a beam in the air but on the other hand I don't want
>to overkill on the cost if their is such a thing dealing with
>tower antennas.
>Thanks in advance.
>73
>charles/kk5oq
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