As Steve has said, the TH7 works pretty well for what it is. I used two at
WB0O in SS Phone and I've never felt so loud.
My advice would be to save your money, keep the TH7 until it irrepairably
breaks and then look around at what's available then. By doing so, you
can probably have enough cash on hand to make a substantial
improvement rather than merely a lateral move from one brand to another.
73,
kelly
ve4xt
From: RLVZ@aol.com
> Date: 2007/03/12 Mon AM 11:54:32 CDT
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Please your opinion of C31XR
>
>
> Lots of Pros & Cons!
>
> Some of the Cons:
>
> Yes- the TH7DX has traps, and the C31XR has flimsy elements that
bounce
> around in the wind incl. the driven element that detunes performance in
windy
> conditions, and the SteppIR has motors which can go out.
> (one went out on me and if a director or reflector motor goes out on a 3
or
> 4 element it's hard to diagnose)
>
> All of the above are pretty good antennas when working properly!
>
> 73,
> Dick- K9OM
>
>
> In a message dated 3/12/2007 12:41:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> mike@mallardcove.com writes:
>
> The TH7 uses lots of traps. You can read what F12 thinks of traps and
read
> the tribander report from Steve.
>
> I have used C3's in the past and in my experience the C3's performed
just as
> well as the TH7.
>
> What you would be gaining with the C31 is not having to worry about
trap
> problems.
>
> Another alternative that I would suggest would be the SteppIR 4ele.
Now you
> can add a dipole element for 30/40m. With the SteppIR you now have a
4 ele
> beam on 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 meters. Add the 2 passive elements on
6m and
> you have a decent 6m antenna. 6 meters will be back soon and it is a
fun
> band. No the SteppIR does not equal some of the long boom M2 6m
beams but
> you will work plenty with it.
>
> I own two SteppIR's and they work very well especially on the WARC
bands
> where there are not that many that have multiple elements.
>
> Good luck
>
> Mike W0MU
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
K7LXC@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 10:25 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com; wp3c@usa.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Please your opinion of C31XR
>
>
> In a message dated 3/10/2007 8:29:50 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
>
> > I want to know your opinion about C31XR because i want to buy a
good
> > antenna that works 10M, 15M and 20M in monobands in just one
boom. I
> > have TH7DX but i want to get better my station. Also i know about
> > other antennas such as Steppir 4 element wich works WARC bans
its
> > specifications are good in 10M, 15M and 20M. If anyone knows about
> > other antennas please just tell me.
>
> Well, actually the TH7 is a really good performing tribander. So is the
> C31 but since they're similar boomlengths, the performance is similar.
I
> don't know how much you'd be actually gaining by upgrading to the
C31. You
> could read all about both of those antennas and a bunch more in our
> tribander comparison report available from _www.championradio.com_
> (http://www.championradio.com) under Publications. Real live
on-the-air
> data is in there and it's interesting reading besides.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve K7LXC
> Champion Radio Products
> Cell: 206-890-4188
>
>
>
>
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