[TowerTalk] Smaller tribander

[Barrie Smith]

I actually put up the Skyhawk on AD3F's recomendation, plus reading the 
information on Bencher's website.

I have no frame of reference, since this was my first HF beam, ever.  It 
doesn't play as my quad array of 7 elements do on 6M, but it seems to work 
very well.

With just a bit of time in the morning, before work, ad another bit in the 
evening, after work, I've worked 142 countries on 15 and 20M since putting 
it up at the first of November.

I don't know if that's good, bad or indifferent, but I'm pleased.


My Skyhawk is on a 52' crankup tower.  With our winter weather here in 
Montana, it's never been cranked up over 35'.  I may crank it up all the way 
soon, just to see if that makes any difference.

I'm not sure that the Skyhawk fits your definition of "small", because it's 
a full-sized antenna with no traps.

73, Barrie, W7ALW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Smar" <ersmar at verizon.net>
To: "Kelly Taylor" <ve4xt at mts.net>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Smaller tribander


> Kelly:
>
>    I'm not sure of what you mean by "small."  However, someonse else
> suggested you look into a Bencher Skyhawk.  I have had mine up on my tower
> since 2001 and have posted several times recommending it to Hams who have
> asked.  Here's one such posting:
> http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2007-10/msg00164.html 
> .
>
>     Remember - the boom on this one is 24 feet long, but you do get threee
> separate active elements on 20 and 15 each, plus four on 10.  FWIW.
>
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar  AD3F
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kelly Taylor" <ve4xt at mts.net>
> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 6:07 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Smaller tribander
>
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Putting up a 48' tower at the cottage this summer. Looking for 
>> suggestions
>> on smaller, but not micro (MA5B, etc) tribander to put up.
>>
>> I have ZERO interest in WARC bands.
>>
>> Also, would the experts agree that at 50', there may not be a whole lot 
>> of
>> point to adding a 40m dipole (like the c4s or ta33 with 40m add-on).
>>
>> I plan to put up my kick-ass MA8040v for 40 and 80, as well as an 
>> inverted
>> vee for 80.
>>
>> Tnx
>> Kelly
>> ve4xt
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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