Thanks Ed and Bill - thoroughly enjoyed these stories.
Bry
On 11 Apr 2015 at 7:52, Bill via TowerTalk wrote:
> Ed is right about not having to spend money to have a big signal.
>
> Although I bought my M2 stuff new, the four Cushcraft antennas are all
> used. The A-3 tribander cost me $75. The three high stack of A-3WS
> antennas
> were all second hand and I think the three high stack for 12/17 cost me
> around $500 total and that includes the 30 meter adapter kit for the top
> one.
> The signal is second to none on 12 and 17....for $500.
>
> Bottom line, like Ed said...you can spend big bucks for antennas or you
> can be resourceful and do it on the cheap, but still have a good signal.
>
> K4XS
>
>
> In a message dated 4/11/2015 11:08:55 A.M. Coordinated Universal Tim,
> sawyered@earthlink.net writes:
>
> I can add some additional color to K4XS commentary. For a few reasons - I
> know Bill and he won´t mind and I actually own/owned a few of Bill´s
> antennas from his original W4 QTH before moving to KH6.
>
>
>
> I bought a 6 el KLM 10M and a 6 el KLM 15 from N4BAA who had bought up many
> of Bill´s antennas back then. I think I paid $400 for the 2 of them back 5
> years ago or so. They worked as expected and I was very happy with them.
> But the design is flimsy and they had road wear so about 2 ½ years ago I
> swapped them out with something newer. But the point of that is I was LOUD
> for cheap.
>
>
>
> Many years back I helped K1TTT with some antenna work and Dave was trying
> to
> literally "just get rid of" some aluminum. 2 of them - which I received
> were a Telrex 4 el 20M and a Telrex 8 el 15M (interesting side note that
> these antennas started life on W1AW´s towers in the 1970s and 80s). I also
> rounded up some other Telrex elements which ended up being a 3 el 20M beam.
> I still use and "own the band" into EU with that 15M beam on a 45 foot
> boom.
> The 20M is now modified for better bandwidth at a sacrifice of about 0.5dB
> of gain but still "kicks tail" on 20M to EU. The 20M 3 el had some rust
> issues finally and got replaced with a 3el Home Brew to the south.
>
>
>
> A final note on Hygain/Cushcraft. I have purchased these antennas as
> "starting points" for large yagis. I bought a 10M 5 el "Long John" beam
> and
> added some extra aluminum purchased from Texas Towers. The combo is now an
> 8 el - 44 ft boom 10M "Elephant Gun" fixed on Europe. It "makes a
> statement" to say the least.
>
>
>
> You don´t have to spend $10k in antennas to put a smile on your face in
> pile
> ups or contests folks.
>
>
>
> 73
>
>
>
> Ed N1UR
>
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