I don´t mean range testing, (without measuring in the main lobe, if I
remember right), but the signal strength I see on my receiver when I talk to
people in DX using Mosley tribander antennas.
73
Peter
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From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Joe
Subich, W4TV via TowerTalk
Sent: Dienstag, 31. März 2026 01:46
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] New antenna?
On 2026-03-30 7:18 PM, Peter Voelpel via TowerTalk wrote:
> Then how comes that they are always providing same or better signal
> strength then other tribanders?
They are not, as proven by proper range testing.
My first tribander (50 years ago next year) was a Mosley TA36 ... I
quickly replaced it with a set of Hy-Gain antennas (204BA, 155BA,
105BA) and never looked back. Comparatively, the Mosley was a lead
(HEAVY) dummy load and a set of dipoles performed as well.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 2026-03-30 7:18 PM, Peter Voelpel via TowerTalk wrote:
> Then how comes that they are always providing same or better signal
strength
> then other tribanders?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim
> Brown via TowerTalk
> Sent: Dienstag, 31. März 2026 00:41
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] New antenna?
>
> On 3/30/2026 3:16 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
>> Suggest you get catalog from Mosley and consider one of their monobanders
> if you don?t want traps.
>
> Monobanders are a great idea IF you have the real estate to rig them.
> Moseley's big tribander came in dead last in the testing that N0AX and
> K7LXC did in 1999. It even had negative gain (dBd -- with respect to a
> dipole) on 15 and 10M, only 0.7 dB on 20M.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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