Scott,
I have a Skyhawk up last fall. Replacing a 5/5/5 20 meter stack..... Tower
shrunk from 150' to 7er of Skyhawk's over the years.
I have installed a number of triband antennas all flavors of F-12's
Chushcraft A-3 and A-4's and a few Mosley...
The Skyhawk IMO was the leader of the pack for both performance and
mechanical design.
I still have a 5/5/5 for 15 and in fall of 16 the 6/6 for ten meters and the
Skyhawk compared to them did not win out ( it should not)and openings
But it performance was down most of the time by only 1 S unit..... Only on band
openings did the HP stack shine over the tri-band Skyhawk
The new JK antennas look interesting also...... not 100% sure of there
mechanical survivability,, they look good !
Wayne W3EA
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On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 2:48 PM, K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us> wrote:
> My 28 year old TH7 needs to come down for maintenance, and I'm told the
> trap end caps MFJ now sells don't last long. I also may be just a matter
> of luck that no bugs have moved into any of the traps. So, I'd really like
> to replace it with a trapless antenna. The TH7 has served me well, having
> last been put up in 1993. It needs to be replaced before I'm too old to
> climb the tower!
>
> Here are the requirements:
>
> Performance comparable to TH7
> Boom length 24 feet or less
> No traps or fragile linear loading
> Can be assembled on the tower (as was the TH7 in 1993.)
>
> At this point, the Skyhawk appears to be my best option, at least of the
> tribanders available in this country. Any experience with the Skyhawk, or
> other suggestions?
>
> 73,
>
> Scott K9MA
>
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