[TowerTalk] N6BT, Force12inc and JK Antennas

[Larry Loen]

There's an obvious reason people want lots of bands these days.

With the new 90 MPH standards, if you're going to follow the zoning laws,
there's a lot less antenna that can go up compared to the "50 MPH" rated
tower days.

Way back when (like 30 years ago), my same tower had a TH7DX, a pair of 2
meter antennas, and a 6 meter monobander all loaded up on the tower.  And
this was at a Fortune 500 radio club that followed every rule you could
imagine.  But, 30 years ago, the demands were less.

That same tower today barely qualifies for a Force 12 6BA.


Larry WO7R

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Kelly Taylor <ve4xt at mymts.net> 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
>
>
> On 11/21/14 9:16 AM, "john at kk9a.com" <john at kk9a.com> wrote:
>
> > Cycle-24's TX38 looks like it would also be a great expedition antenna
> > however the original poster was looking for a five band beam. The C3 and
> > the TX38 are not.
> >
> > John KK9A
> >
> >
> > To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] N6BT, Force12inc and JK Antennas
> > From: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered at earthlink.net>
> > Reply-to: sawyered at earthlink.net
> > Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 09:18:07 -0500
> >
> > 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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