[RTTY] 5 Band Antennas For RTTY

[Inbody, Donald S]

I use a Mosley TA53 that does a good job.  Simple construction, traps, relatively short boom and four elements for five bands 20-10.

Don ADØK

-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry Murrell
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 10:45
To: 'RTTY Mailing List'
Subject: [RTTY] 5 Band Antennas For RTTY

Hi All

I have noticed recently that many DXPeditions seem to be operating RTTY
extensively on the WARC bands; as a result I am looking at changing over
from my Cushcraft A3S to a 5-band beam.

I am looking for input from owners of the following beams that use them on
RTTY:
- Force 12 XR-5
- Spiderbeam (5 band Heavy Duty model)
- OptiBeam OB9-5 or OB11-5

I am currently leaning towards the Spiderbeam due to it's light weight (and
subsequent MUCH lower shipping cost to get to South Africa) but would
appreciate critique from users of any of these models.


73 de Barry ZS2EZ
(EX ZR2DX / ZR6DXB)
KF26TA - Port Elizabeth,South Africa
Member : PEARS, SARL, ARRL, SA AMSAT
 


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