> I overhead a conversation on 20m the other day where someone said
> he was using a Cushcraft A3S, which has been modified to act like on
> 10,15 &20 as a monoband 5 element Long John on a 55' wide spaced
> beam. It has on 20m at least a 25+ dB F/B ratio and 13-14 dB forward
> gain. He won't give up the secret but for a tribander on a 14' boom, this
> seems almost too good to be true. Will this put Force-12 and M2 and
> other makers of large monoband beams out of business?
>
>
> //I don't think so. Those companies are already coming out with
> conversion kits. I saw one for a C2SS which adds 162 more elements to the
> original boom, then you can tie a string to one end and fly it like a
> kite! -WB2WIK/6
>
>
> 73 De Mike
> VE3YF
>
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