[TowerTalk] Tribanders on 12m/17m

[gdaught6 at stanford.edu]

Tim wrote... 

> The only so-so beam I have seen is the Force 12 C3SS that also radiates on 17/12 meters with a little gain...something like 1.5 dB... but on 17m its reverse

I have a C4SXL, which is really a C3S with a couple of 40m elements added on 
(separate feed line for 40m) and it works as Tim described.  When he says "but on 
17m its reverse" he means that the most radiation is off what is ordinarily the "back" 
of the antenna.

73,
George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
October 3-4, 2009