[TowerTalk] New antenna?

[Jim Brown]

Our county expedition team for 7QP and CQP has made great use of a 
simple C3SS. W6GJB rebuilt three of them mechanically to make them 
easier to transport and rig on his contesting trailer. Glen and I also 
jointly designed a 2-el 20M Yagi with elements that fold to the boom for 
transport. I did the RF design using N6BV's YW software, playing with 
element lengths to optimize it for for forward gain and gain bandwidth 
for the 16 ft spacing that Glen said he could build. I managed to 
achieve a direct feedpoint Z around 50 ohms.

73, Jim K9YC

On 3/31/2026 9:13 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV via TowerTalk wrote:
> The 25 year old K7LXC/N0AX data showed that even a *small*
> interlaced tribander of that era (the Force 12 C3) significantly
> outperformed both the TA33 and a 2 element Quad (Gem Quad).