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

[w5ov at w5ov.com]

Actually, there is an alternative that works very well and that is a TA33.
You can run legal limit into it, and it works great.

You can often find them used for under $200. Parts are still available - I
think you could buy a new one too.

I think you can take a TA33 apart enough to put it in a snow ski bag which
is perfect for airline travel.

73,

Bob W5OV


> 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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