[TowerTalk] Two tribanders vs. one

[bob finger]

Suggest you sit down with HFTA and let it help you decide.  From the 
east coast, yes you absolutely need a low antenna to work EU/AF/SA on 
the higher angles.  I have two yagis, not stacked, an OB16-3 at 80 feet 
and a little C3E (2 elements each band/3on ten) at 40 feet.  It never 
ceases to amaze me how much louder I am in EU/AF/SA on the low tribander 
during the middle of an opening.  HFTA  illustrates this nicely, showing 
the nulls in the pattern of the higher yagi.  For me on the east coast  
the difference between a two stack at 40/80 and the single antenna at 80 
feet makes it not worth the investment provided I keep the 40 footer to 
EU etc.  That said I really do want to put up a two stack of OB16-3's at 
40 and 80 feet just to try em.  But first I have to have the means to 
put up the C3E at 40 feet someplace else.  Good luck.  73 bob de w9ge


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