[TowerTalk] N6BT, Force12inc and JK Antennas

[Bill Parry]

I tend to agree.  It has been my antenna of choice for the past 15 years. I
currently have a C3E (with the extra element on 10) and it works real nice.
We do multiop with this antenna our only one for 10-15-20.  We consistently
get over 100 countries on the CQWWCW test on all three bands. Must work
fairly well. My current C3E is at 120 feet. 

Advantages: Nice small antenna with very little upkeep. Rotator handles it
with easy.
		Elements are stabile and don't vibrate and fall apart like
my Hygain monobanders used to.
		Works real well on all bands
		
Disadvantages:
		Very expensive (in my opinion) for an antenna of this size! 
		Some of the elements are so close together that they touch
in the wind and fault my Alpha.

I bought this antenna on a lark and put it up.  My friends all used KT34XAs
at the time we did comparisons and the C3E was as good as or better than the
much larger and complex KT34XA. We use F12 antennas now! :-)

Bill W5VX

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ed
Sawyer
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 8:18 AM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] N6BT, Force12inc and JK Antennas

The C3 is the best short boom tribander out there in my opinion.  I have
used them around the world.  They are a clean pattern, smooth SWR across the
full band performer.  At the end of the day, the gain available is a
function of boom length primarily.  On 15 and 20, you are going to help
yourself by stuffing another element on a short boom.  On 10M, the argument
could be made that another element would add value to this antenna, but the
antenna works as a nice package.  On 12 and 17 - its just a rotary dipole
essentially - so if that's someone's interest, this isn't the antenna for
you.

 

Nice advantage for DXpeditions, you can break this baby down into a golf
case.  And there are no finicky little motors and control lines to worry
about.

 

73

 

Ed  N1UR

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