[TowerTalk] Hex beam assembly time?

[john at kk9a.com]

I have never used either although both look well suited for portable
operations. They certainly look easier to put up than the Force12 C3S that
I set up in KP2 last March. I believe that there is only one Spiderbeam
but multiple Hex beam manufactures. The Spider beam has three elements per
band vs two for the Hex so it has more gain but it's slightly larger.

John KK9A



From:	W0MU Mike Fatchett
Date:	Wed, 21 Feb 2018 14:27:34 -0700

They call theirs a spider beam.  3 ele on 20, 15, 2 on 17,12 and 4 on 10. 
It looks more like V beams than loops.
https://www.spiderbeam.com/pdf_files/spider_specification_english.pdf

W0MU


On 2/21/2018 12:34 PM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
How do they make it into a  H E X A G O N A L shape with 4 rods????


On 2/21/2018 9:14 AM, Dave Thompson wrote:

Gang,

There are a lot of HEX beams.  I see MFJ has gotten into the game, too.

I looked through all the hex beams and the spider beam seems to be the
best of the lot as it has more than 2 elements on 10, 15, and 20.  It is
tough to put together. Vibroplex sells this hex beam. It only needs 4
spacer rods rather than 6
but be sure to get the one for fixed installation.

As I recall Vibroplex used to sell a couple of others that went together
fast for portable installation, too.  One was a hex beam in a bag.

73 Dave K4JRB