[TowerTalk] Re: Force-12 5BA Antenna

[Jim Schnaidt]

On Jul 3, 2004, Rick Kourey (K4KL), <rkourey at carolina.rr.com> wrote:


>
>
> Does anyone have experience using the Force-12 5BA antenna and can 
> state how
> it performs.  I would also like to know how easy it was to assemble 
> and tune
> on each band.
>
> Should I consider another beam to get 5 band coverage that
> includes the WARC bands.
>
>
> Rick Kourey (K4KL)
> Marvin, NC
> rkourey at carolina.rr.com

Rick,

I've had a 5BA up for over 2 years now without any trouble at all. It 
went together very easily. I just followed the directions and it has 
good SWR on all bands, although on 12 meters it approaches 2 to 1. It's 
a great antenna and works lots of DX. I'm in the process of stacking a 
240/230 above it to add 30 and 40 meters.

I don't think you can go wrong with the 5BA for 5 band converage, IMHO.

73,

Jim
KJ0M

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