[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 61, Issue 20

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In a message dated 1/10/2008 5:23:50 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Yagi vs Quad
To:  towertalk at contesting.com
Message-ID:  <171685.23808.qm at web82102.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Hi Guys,

Im  sure this question may of come up before but I am new to the list and 
thought  I might give it a try.I lost my tower just before Christmas in a bad 
storm and  now face the task of replacing everthing.The antenna I had was a 4el 
5b quad  on a 30ft boom fed with seperate feedlines,it worked extremely good 
and was  easily heard in the pileups.I am contemplating switching to a yagi type 
 antenna because I just dont have the time to set up another quad or the time 
 for the maintenance that comes with them.
I know a lot of the yagi  guys are using force 12s and steppers and was 
wondering how they play in the  real world.Two of the antennas that caught my eye 
were the 4el stepper  6-40mtrs or the force12 5ba topped with a force 12 
230/240.
The  antennas will be mounted on a 70ft plus tower,I need to keep the boom 
lengths  around 30ft as I live in the city on a small lot,I will be running 
legal limit  and prefer to stay away from trapped antennas as I like to run rtty 
and dont  want the hassle of replacing traps .due to overheating.I will be 
using a  remote relay switch so seperate feedlines are not an issue.My main bands 
of  interest are 20-15-40 in that order but I would like the flexibility of 
using  the warc bands without the need to an external tuner.


 



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