[TowerTalk] Which Small Tribander for My Roof

[Jim Worthington]

Thanks for your comments, Bob. I'm sold on the Force 12 antennas. Now I just
need to see how large my wife will tolerate :-) My choices are the C-4S,
C-4SXL and C-3SS in that order.

- Jim AD4J

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob [mailto:kf9yh@netnitco.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 3:18 PM
> To: Jim Worthington; Tower Talk Reflector
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Which Small Tribander for My Roof
> 
> 
> Jim, I'm only 6 miles from Lake Michigan in NW Indiana, and
> we have some very harsh winters here, and some very nasty
> thunderstorms/high winds in the summer. I have had a C-3 up
> at 45 feet for over 2 years now, and it has survived the weather
> here flawlessly. 
> 
> In March of 1998, we had the worst winter storm  here in 10 
> years. When I woke up and looked out the window, my heart 
> sunk. Both of the 20 meter element tips were weighed down
> so heavy with ice and wet snow that they were pointing  straight
> down at the ground. Other elements were at varying degrees.
> On Tuesday, as the storm let up and the sun came out, the ice and
> snow melted and everything popped back into place. I can find no
> kinks anywhere, and everything has performed up to snuff since.
> 
> 
> I have had up on the same tower a Moseley TA-33 and an A-3. The
> C-3 has outperformed them both (By quite a margin) here at my 
> location. I use it for both  DX and domestic contacts, and it 
> is a great
> Sprint and NAQP antenna.
> 
> Just my opinion.....YMMV
> 
> Bob
> KF9YH
> 
> 
> 
> 

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