In a message dated 98-04-06 20:53:45 EDT, lraffel@barclayprod.com writes:
> I was had just decided to get a TH11 since, according to hygain, it is
> broad banded on 5 bands. However, I was at the AES open house this weekend
> and talked to the Cushcraft rep there. Of course he said that the X9 was
> better. He said that the X9 will give better performance on 10, 15 and 20
> because it did not have to be optimized for all 5 bands. He then went on
> to say that it would perform adequately on 12 and 17 but with an SWR of 4:1
> and can be used on those two bands with an antenna tuner. In other words
> the X9 has better performance on 10, 15, 20 but not as good on 12 AND 17.
> Also, he said, you can install a 40 m 2 element add-on kit. Too good to be
> true? Any comments?
Well, since the jury is still out on the X-9, talking to the factory is
somewhat suspect. The word is spreading on the TH11 which is uniformly good on
ALL those bands and anecdotally is a killer on 17M (according to N6MZ). NX7K's
recent experiences on 20M are pretty interesting ("you're the loudest US
signal; you're 50 over 9; etc.) from the deep Russians and others are worth
noting. But no 40M capabilities.
We're hoping to have an X-9 to include in our tribander comparison test
but it probably won't be available until after Dayton where I will be
presenting our preliminary results at K3LR's Antenna Forum. It will be fun and
interesting.
Yes, the report will be available later this year.
Cheers, Steve K7LXC
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