[TowerTalk] Please your opinion of C31XR

[ve4xt at mts.net]

As Steve has said, the TH7 works pretty well for what it is. I used two at 
WB0O in SS Phone and I've never felt so loud.

My advice would be to save your money, keep the TH7 until it irrepairably 
breaks and then look around at what's available then. By doing so, you 
can probably have enough cash on hand to make a substantial 
improvement rather than merely a lateral move from one brand to another.

73,
kelly
ve4xt


 From: RLVZ at aol.com
> Date: 2007/03/12 Mon AM 11:54:32 CDT
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Please your opinion of C31XR
> 
>  
> Lots of Pros & Cons!
>  
> Some of the Cons:
>  
> Yes- the TH7DX has traps, and the C31XR has flimsy elements that  
bounce 
> around in the wind incl. the driven element that detunes performance in  
windy 
> conditions, and the SteppIR has motors which can go out.
> (one went out on me and if a director or reflector motor goes out on a 3 
or  
> 4 element it's hard to diagnose)
>  
> All of the above are pretty good antennas when working  properly!
>  
> 73,
> Dick- K9OM
>  
>  
> In a message dated 3/12/2007 12:41:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> mike at mallardcove.com writes:
> 
> The TH7  uses lots of traps.  You can read what F12 thinks of traps and  
read
> the tribander report from Steve.
> 
> I have used C3's in the past  and in my experience the C3's performed 
just as
> well as the  TH7.
> 
> What you would be gaining with the C31 is not having to worry  about 
trap
> problems.
> 
> Another alternative that I would suggest would  be the SteppIR 4ele.  
Now you
> can add a dipole element for  30/40m.  With the SteppIR you now have a 
4 ele
> beam on 10, 12, 15, 17  and 20 meters.  Add the 2 passive elements on 
6m and
> you have a decent  6m antenna.  6 meters will be back soon and it is a 
fun
> band.  No  the SteppIR does not equal some of the long boom M2 6m 
beams but
> you will  work plenty with it.  
> 
> I own two SteppIR's and they work very well  especially on the WARC 
bands
> where there are not that many that have  multiple elements.
> 
> Good luck
> 
> Mike W0MU 
> 
> -----Original  Message-----
> From:  towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]  On Behalf Of 
K7LXC at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 10:25 AM
> To:  towertalk at contesting.com; wp3c at usa.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Please your  opinion of C31XR
> 
> 
> In a message dated 3/10/2007 8:29:50 A.M. Pacific  Standard Time,
> towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
> 
> > I want  to know your opinion about C31XR because i want to buy a  
good 
> >  antenna that works 10M, 15M and 20M in monobands in just one  
boom. I  
> > have TH7DX but i want to get better my station. Also i know   about 
> > other antennas such as Steppir 4 element wich works WARC  bans  
its 
> > specifications are good in 10M, 15M and 20M. If anyone  knows about  
> > other antennas please just tell me.
> 
> Well, actually the TH7 is a really good  performing tribander. So  is the
> C31 but since they're similar boomlengths, the  performance is  similar. 
I
> don't know how much you'd be actually gaining by  upgrading  to the 
C31. You
> could read all about both of those antennas and a   bunch more in our
> tribander comparison report available from  _www.championradio.com_
> (http://www.championradio.com)  under   Publications. Real live 
on-the-air
> data is in there and it's  interesting  reading besides.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve     K7LXC
> Champion Radio Products
> Cell:  206-890-4188
> 
> 
> 
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