[TowerTalk] Full vs mini sized tribanders

[n8de at thepoint.net]

Quoting John Geiger <aa5jg at fidmail.com>:

> How do the mini sized 2 element tribanders like the Cushcraft MA5B   
> and Mosley Mini 32 compare to a full sized 2 element like the Mosley  
>  TA32 and HyGain TH2?

They will have less bandwidth for a given SWR limitation and a bit less gain.

> Do they give up much in performance when they  reduce the element size?

'much' is a relative quantity.  Your 'much' might be different from MY 'much'.

> They have the same boom length as the full  sized models-and the  
> MA5B actually has a longer boom than the TA32  and TH2?

The longer boom is the method used in an attempt to widen the  
bandwidth for SWR as noted above.

> I had a MA5B once and thought it did a pretty good job,  and it was  
> nice to get the WARC bands with it.

Any antenna will 'work' on the WARC bands ... depends on what 'work'  
means to you.

I use a "full-sized" tri-bander, but prefer monobanders.

Different strokes for different folks.

73
Don
N8DE
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