[TowerTalk] N6BT, Force12inc and JK Antennas

[James C. Hall, MD]

The best bang for buck on 5-band yagis when I was building my station was,
in fact, the Force 12 XR-5. I have a short stack on a 72 foot crank-up tower
and they just work - very well. I understand the new version of this fine
antenna has a shorter boom. I would like to see an A/B comparison of the
two.

73, Jamie
WB4YDL

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
john at kk9a.com
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 9:56 AM
To: Kelly Taylor
Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] N6BT, Force12inc and JK Antennas

 

Bummer, I was not aware that DX Engineering discontinued the TX38. I know
that a lot of work went into optimizing this yagi for all three bands and it
also had four 10m elements. I think it would have been a perfect contest
expedition antenna. 

John KK9A 

On 2014-11-21 10:26, Kelly Taylor wrote: 

> The TX-38 was sold to DX Engineering and was subsequently 
> discontinued. It was expensive for only having three bands (it was 
> almost Bencher Skyhawk money), but it did look like a fabulous design, 
> particularly with four elements on 10.
> 
> The people who were lucky enough to get one rave about it, but it 
> appears there's not enough demand for pure tribanders any more. People 
> want five bands.
> 
> 73, kelly
> ve4xt