[TowerTalk] New Yagi for an old guy. ?

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

A quick look at DXEngineering indicates the SKyhawk is not
available.  An alternative is the JKAntennas <JKAntennas.com>
Mid-Tri.

The Mid-Tri is a similarly sized (24 foot boom) with three
active elements on 20 meters (6.4 dBi), 4 on 15 (9 dBi) and
5 on 10 (~9.6 dBi).  There is also an option for 2 elements
on 40 meters.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 2026-03-30 5:41 PM, Gene Smar via TowerTalk wrote:
> I've had a Skyhawk (original open sleeve feed design by Bencher) on my tower since 2001. I work everything I hear with it. I frequently get unsolicited "nice signal" comments while running 100W.
> And it's 4 elements on 10M, 3 on 20 and 15. It was a lot of fun to assemble, too. A few tips: use NoAlOx sparingly on aluminum joints; use one Scotch-Brite pad to clean the inside and outside of joints and a second to apply the thin NoAlOx; and insert the 2 or 3 pop rivets into each joint before you fasten any of them with the tool.
> I also use the Skyhawk as top loading to shunt feed my tower on 160M. I shorted all the parasitic elements to the boom with aluminum straps that I fastened to the boom with hose clamps and to the elements with a #10 SS screw through the element and its insulating sleeve.
> 73 de Gene Smar AD3F
> Sent from my Radio Shack TRS-80 model 100 laptop
>