[Towertalk] Re: Force 12 Antennas

[Barry]

Lots of antennas work better than you expect on the "new" bands. 
On 17 and 12m, I use my Cushcraft 40-2CD 40m yagi. I had no 
trouble working any of the DXpeditions. On 30m, I use my 80m 
slopers. I don't bust the pileup, but I get through.
73 Barry W2UP

On 6 Mar 02, at 10:29, Donald R. Bozarth wrote:

> Force 12 has announced a new antenna the XR-5.  It is a 5 band (20-10)
> antenna with the "forward stagger", multi-monobander design developed
> by Force 12.  The specs look pretty good.  It has a relative small
> footprint, being on an 18' boom and a turning radius of just over 20'.
>  At this point there doesn't seem to be a way to add 40m to it.
> 
> The ability of the C series antennas to work on 17/12 is at best a
> compromise, but they actually perform better than you might expect.  A
> good friend of mine has the C4, and in three years has managed 307
> countries with a fair amount on the WARC bands.
> 
> Don B.
> W6DRB
> 
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Barry Kutner, W2UP              Internet: w2up@mindspring.com
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