[TowerTalk] antenna choices for K4XS

[Bill via TowerTalk]

Uh...., no.   I don't use a lot of Cushcraft  beams  for contesting.
 
I have exactly four Cushcraft beams, three of which are in a stack  for the 
WARC bands.  The other is a little A-3 at 50 feet or so fixed at  135 
degrees.
 
All the others for 10, 15, 20 and 40 are M2.
 
Since my call got mentioned, let me throw in my two cents.   Yes, antennas 
have increased in price drastically over the last 10 years..close  to double 
in some cases.  However, the cost of aluminum has gone up  drastically also.
 
Would I consider Cushcraft for my new station?  Yes, but only  for WARC 
bands.  Their little A3WS is a killer when stacked.  For the  contest bands, I 
want big antennas, which is not a forte of Cushcraft.  So  M2, Force 12 and 
maybe Opti are on my short list.
 
K4XS/KH7XS....working on being a real KH7 again.
 
 
In a message dated 4/10/2015 8:21:11 P.M. Coordinated Universal Time,  
bcarling at cfl.rr.com writes:

By the  way, this doesn't fit with your claims either, but K4XS has won or 
come in  near the 
TOP of many DX contests and he uses a number of Cushcraft beams  on those 
200 foot  
rotating towers! If you get some satisfaction out  of crowing that those 
high price antennas are 
"better" than Cushcraft,  then I am sure you got what you paid for - a nice 
happy feeling and  
reports of 22 dB over S9 instead of 20 dB over S9. I am sure that they are  
very good. I never 
denied that. BUT - To each his  own!