I would recommend that you take a look at the Tennadyne t-12, made here in USA
and great support. I have had mine up for for over Ten Years and it has held up
against New England weather no problem. It is a performer,
73,Steve W1DXH
On Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:35:11 AM EST, Joe Subich, W4TV
<[email protected]> wrote:
The claimed gains are only about 1-1.5 dB higher than the
much smaller antennas like the XR-5, Navassa, Penta 10, etc.
with double the boom length and substantially higher wind
load.
I'm not sure the modest gain increase justify the mechanical
difficulties inherent with the much larger/heavier antenna.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 2025-12-30 1:01 AM, Tony wrote:
> All:
>
> Anyone using one of Optibeam's "Log Yagi" antennas? The documentation states
> that they have several advantages over standard log-periodic designs — it
> also mentions enhanced performance above the calculated gain, which is
> attributed to the large radiation area of the antenna.
>
> One of the models has a F/B of 35db which is pretty impressive for an HF
> antenna.
> See: https://www.optibeam.net/index.php?article_id=136&clang=1
> Documentation: https://www.optibeam.net/files/logyagi_e.pdf
>
> This might be a better choice compared to motorized multi-band antennas like
> the SteppIR which are no longer in production.
>
> Tony
>
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