[TowerTalk] Skyhawk

[ac9s at mchsi.com]

I am a little behind, but I thought I would offer my Skyhawk observations.  I had one for a few years - worked very well, but the boom broke in an ice storm.  I have a 3el Steppir on the ground now for electrical repairs and am considering either a TH7 or Skyhawk in the near future.  If I do the Skyhawk again I am going to put a DX Engineering Boom Truss on it.  I suspect I wouldn't have lost the first one had the boom been trussed.  The other sore spot with the Skyhawk is the elements are a bit on the wimpy side.  All the 20 meter elements took a permanent "set" (were drooping excessively downward)after the boom broke.  Actually the front half was on the ground, but the driven elements and reflectors were on the tower.  Right now I am using the driven elements from the Skyhawk while the Steppir is under repair.  I managed ZS8M with the driven elements, so don't knock a simple rotatable dipole - @90'.

Keith
AC9S