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Re: [TowerTalk] Smaller tribander

To: "Peter Dougherty" <w2irt@verizon.net>, "'K0DAN'" <k0dan@comcast.net>, <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Smaller tribander
From: "Gene Fuller" <w2lu@rochester.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:26:46 -0500
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And don't forget, you don't have to worry about  "tunning" an LP. If you can 
live with 2:1 SWR and the turning radius, considering the price and 
mechanical and electrical spec's,  and the fact that it covers all 5 bands 
10-20, it would be really hard to beat the T-6, at $500 even if you had to 
buy a tuner. Put it up as high as possible and then use 40 and 80 meter 
inverted V's at the top for guys and you should have a pretty good system.
Good Luck,    Gene / W2LU

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Dougherty" <w2irt@verizon.net>
To: "'K0DAN'" <k0dan@comcast.net>; <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Smaller tribander


> Another option I can recommend is a TGM mini-beam. I use one of these at
> only 25' AGL every year for CQWW-CW in Toronto and I'm very pleased with 
> its
> performance. Small, lightweight and with a tiny footprint, able to be 
> easily
> turned with a TV-antenna grade rotor it has decent gain specs although 
> it's
> obviously not a fantastic performer F/B and F/S. Compared to the W9INN
> multiband wire vee system it replaced it's orders of magnitude better.
>
> http://www.tgmcom.com/
>
>
>
>
> ------
>
> - pjd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of K0DAN
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 7:46 PM
> To: TOWERTALK@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Smaller tribander
>
> And alternatively Tennadyne T6 log periodic: $500, 20-10 meters inclusive
> (including WARC, and some users have had good results on 6M), 12' boom,
> weighs 37 pounds. 5+ dbd gain, 6+ sq. ft. wind load. One feedline. Tough 
> to
> beat.
>
>
>
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