[TowerTalk] Force - 12 Choice between C3E and C4E

[Lee Buller]

I am still thinking about replacing my trusty TH6DXX with another antenna this spring.  After more than 30 years in the air, it needs to be retired and sold.  Hi.
 
OK, I have been looking at a number of beams (SteppIR, LPDA, etc) and have come back for a questions about Force-12 from you Force-12 users.  You can reply to me directly so as not to clog up the works here on TT...but there may be others out there that would like the information you have.
 
I am looking at getting a C3E....but.....I would like to have 40 meter coverage with the C4E.  That is all the bigger I want to go.  From looking at the literature, the C4E has a 40 meter dipole mounted on the boom.  How does that antenna play on 40?  I understand that the antenna would play as a C3 on 20 to 10....but how does it play on 40?  I know there is no gain on the C4E on 40 meters, but do I get an advantage that is worth it by moving my 40 meter dipole antenna that is a 45 feet to where the beam would be at 65 feet?  Does the cost justify the expense from a C3E to a C4E.
 
I like to use 40 for casual CW QSOs....but love the band during a contest.
 
The answers may be obvious, but I have to get sense of it in my brain.
 
Lee - K0WA