[CQ-Contest] A3S or TH-3JRS or ELSE?

[N7MAL]

There is a hard rule in life that you must accept before you go any farther. 
'You cannot have your cake and eat it to.'  You just can't get light, 
inexpensive, and efficient plus power handling in one package. The thing you 
have going for you is you will be the DX so you will be the one in demand. 
If you can sacrifice the power the TH3jr will be just fine. It has some 
gain/directivity and bandwidth and you can't beat the price...
Just my -2cents worth
73


MAL
N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.n7mal.com

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alex Malyava
  To: cq-contest at contesting.com
  Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 20:16
  Subject: [CQ-Contest] A3S or TH-3JRS or ELSE?


  Hi,
  let's put the disclaimer first: this antenna gonna be used for WW RTTY 
from
  some Caribbean country.
  Now back to the question.
  I am looking for relatively light and inexpensive tribander to take with 
me.
  I did some researche in internet and found that there are not many of 
them.
  Force-12 C-3SS is "mucho expensivo" - almost 2 times more than Cushcraft 
A3S
  or Hy-Gain TH-3JRS. I also do not believe in miracles of mini antennas, 
like
  Cushcraft MA-5B or Mosley Mini-33, small cannot be good, right? I was 
about
  to stick with Mosley until I called then and got 30-40 working days 
waiting
  time thing.
  So, which one of those two is better (or worse)?
  TH-3JRS is obviously cheaper, $360 vs $500, but A3S seems to be more
  broadband and will take more power, 2kW vs 600W.
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