[TowerTalk] Please Help Me Decide on a Tribander or Monobanders

[David Gilbert]

I'm not sure why you say that.  If the three antennas are fully 
independent (i.e., separate elements) and if they were properly designed 
to minimize interactions (definitely possible with today's modeling 
capability), where is the significant compromise (assuming the same boom 
length)?  It is far easier to control interactions between bands if all 
elements are fixed on the same boom than if they are mounted some 
indeterminate distance from each other on the mast.

I own (and love) my Optibeam OB16-3 tribander, and with the exception of 
10m Optibeam doesn't even bother to offer monobanders for that same 
frequency range unless they have more elements on a longer boom.

73,
Dave   AB7E



On 4/18/2013 2:06 PM, Wayne Willenberg wrote:
>
> On the other hand, there has to be a compromise when 3 antennas are mounted
> on a single boom.
>
>
> 73, Wayne KK6BT