[TowerTalk] C-19XR or Skyhawk?

[Gene Smar]

Neil:

     I have had the Skyhawk up on my tower since 2001.  It went together 
well - I even enjoyed pop riveting all the elements.  When I got it on top 
of the tower the SWR curves were as spec'd - below 2:1 over all of the 20 
and 15M bands, plus up to 29 MHz.  There were no adjustments needed based on 
where I wanted the best SWR to fall. That was my main concern when I 
selected my Yagi - I didn't want to have to compromise on the bandwidth.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neil & Heather" <neil.goodell at myfairpoint.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 9:57 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] C-19XR or Skyhawk?


>I have been doing a lot of research in the past
> couple of months for an antenna for the "new" tower,
> from mono-bander's,to LPDA's,and tri-bander's,with the only criteria
> being trapless elements...and I think I have
> narrowed it down to two..
> a Force12 C-19XR, or a Bencher Skyhawk.
>
> ( I need to keep the wind-load at around 10 sq.,
> hence the reason for these 2 antenna's)
>
> and,other than the 1 element difference between the two,
> the #'s look pretty much the same....
> But at almost $500 cheaper, the Skyhawk looks a bit
> more attractive.
> I'm hoping to solicit comments from users of both
> antenna's, whether it be yeah or nay,as I am still on
> the "fence' and can go either way...
> Thanks
>
> 73
> Neil
> AE1P
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