[TowerTalk] MFJ Hygain verses Original Hygain

[donovanf at starpower.net]

N3RS uses a forty year old 40 Meter HyGain 403B "DX Long John."
Sig is fully competitive with every other big gun on the band.

In addition to DX Long Johns, Hy Gain also manufactured a knock-off
of the Telrex Big Bertha.  The only one I ever saw was at K7UGA, which
supported DX Long Johns for 40, 20, 15 and 10.

73
Frank
W3LPL

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>Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:58:56 -0500
>From: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net>  
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] MFJ Hygain verses Original Hygain  
>To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
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>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> I have located a catalogue depicting the original Hy-gain Long John
>> monobanders. Dated January 1967 it lists 5 beams.... 204B, 205B,
>> 403B, 106B and 155B.
>>
>> As an example the 403B has a 46 foot boom of 4" diameter and 3 full
>> size 40m elements with a largest element diameter of 2.5". Wind area
>> is 23.6 sq ft and the assembled weight 250lbs. Wind survival is given
>> as 125 mph with no ice.
>>
>> For 1967 these were serious antennas and the 403B lists at $1150.
>
>That 403B is still a *serious* antenna for 2007. <:-))
>
>Roger (K8RI)
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>>
>> 73, Chris
>>
>> I note in the same catalogue, the 204BA lists for $119.95 and the TH6DX 
>> $149.50
>>
>> At 20:04 30/12/2007, you wrote:
>>>Hi Chris,
>>>
>>>I wasn't aware that the "original" Hygain Long John
>>>monobanders changed between the 60's and the 80's or early
>>>90's.  Could you be referring to the Telrex monobanders
>>>(which were very beefy) verses Telex-Hygain monobanders?
>>>
>>>73, Bob K6ZZ
>>
>>
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