[TowerTalk] Hex Beam

[Steve Hunt]

Barrie,

It's a compact 2-element parasitic beam and performs like one.

It has some attributes which I like:
* 5 bands with a single coax feedline
* Small turn radius
* Easy to build yourself
* Light-weight - my home made ones weigh in at 13lbs for the 5 band 20m 
thru 10m version

You can see *impartial* comparative figures here:
http://www.karinya.net/g3txq/hexbeam/broadband/

K4KIO has detailed instructions on how to build one. He can also supply 
complete antennas:
http://www.leoshoemaker.com/hexbeambyk4kio/broadhexbuildingnew.html

As someone already said, the Yahoo group is a good resource:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/

Good luck.

Steve G3TXQ





Barrie Smith wrote:
> Having seen some signs of life on 10 and 15M recently, and it being Spring and all, my thoughts have turned to an antenna for the above bands.
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> Looking around at the various options, I came upon the Hex Beam.
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> Not being a contestor or DXer, it looks good to me.
>
> I've searched the Towertalk archives.  I didn't find much in the way of negatives.  I didn't find much in the way of positives, either.  All the posts I read were several years old.
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> Anyone have anything, good or bad, to say about the Hex Beam?
> 73,
> Barrie, W7ALW, DN36au,
> QRV 6M, 432 & 1296 EME
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