[TowerTalk] MFJ Hygain verses Original Hygain

[Roger (K8RI)]

> 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.

I only talked to Barry once, but I remember how much I wanted one of those 
big rotating poles.
Couldn't afford one then and I couldn't afford one now if they did make 
them.

Retirement is wonderful, but it could pay better.

73

Roger (K8RI)

>
> 73
> Frank
> W3LPL
>
> ---- Original message ----
>>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)
>>
>>>
>>> 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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