[TowerTalk] Anybody try the F12 XR49 or XR51

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/1/01 6:55:44 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mel@interlink.net 
writes:

> Well I'm finally replacing the beams I lost in the Ice storm of '98. I
>  have a 150' guyed tower with a HyGain HDR300A, and I'm wondering what to
>  put on top. That XR49 looks interesting! Anyone tried it? Perhaps a
>  better choice for me would be the XR51 (40M fan)... anyone care to
>  relate their experience these? I would like to hear any info regarding
>  their installation. They are bigger than anything I've tried to install
>  in the past.  

    These are BIG antennas. Until you've stood next to an assembled one, it's 
hard to imagine how big. 

    The HDR-300 may not be enough rotator. The Effective Moment of the 
antenna and the rotator are almost identical - about 5k ft/lbs - but the 
HDR-300 ain't that robust, especially in the splined output shaft, brake, 
etc. 

>  Another possibility would be a more modest HyGain TH11
>  with a 2 el 40. Any suggestions for a reasonable antenna to stack with
>  the TH11? 

    You mean besides another TH11? That would be my approach. Or a stack of 
C31XR's, etc. Much more reasonable set-up and you can use a T2X to turn them 
as well as your HDR-300..

Cheers,    Steve    K7LXC
Tower Tech 

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