You might want to look at OptiBeam OB6-3M
10ft boom 33lbs two element on 10-15-20 the 20mtr are folded back toward
each other horizontally
http://www.arraysolutions.com/Products/optibeamob6-3M.htm
Larry WA2SRY
----- Original Message -----
From: <K7LXC@aol.com>
To: <n4kg@juno.com>; <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>; <n7vy@qrp.net>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Is there a 2 element hf beam?
> The original question was for a 'small' HF beam and the poster said
that
> the C-3 was too 'big'. Here's my suggestion: Get a C-3SS (the smallest
> footprint C-3) and bend the ends of the elements down. You can bend 3-4
feet
> of the end element and not notice the difference. The C-3SS has 26-foot
> elements; bending each end 3-feet reduces the element length to 20-feet -
a
> small enough footprint?
>
> I've done this a couple of times where we had elements hitting guys or
> encroaching over the property line and it worked great. You can use sand
in
> the element to prevent element kinking; check the TT archives for past
> discussions.
>
> NONE of the 'small' antennas I know of (i.e. MA5, MiniQuad, Butterfly,
> etc.) are all compromises in design and offer sub-par performance - the
F12
> is not a compromise and performs like a full-sized antenna.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve K7LXC
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