Hi John
Go for the 2 element jobbie. I have a 2 element monobander for 20 and it is
only about 25-30 feet high and works pretty good! I have an all band center
fed antenna here and the 2 el always outperforms it. Besides, you can point
it where you want it. 73
Tom W7WHY
>I am currently limited to a G5RV for HF following the demise of a miniquad
>I
> was using. I am looking at getting a Mosley 2 element tribander, but I
> can't get it up very high right now-maybe 25 feet or so.
>
> I know that the low height will hurt performance, especially on 20 meters.
> Given the low height of the antenna, would it still be a much better
> performer than the G5RV. The G5RV isn't up that high either, but has done
> nicely on 30m, 40m and 80m where I have been using it the last few years.
>
> I guess I am just trying to figure out whether the 2 element beam would be
> worth the extra money, or if it would be pretty similar to a G5RV, given
> the
> low height it would be at.
>
> 73s John AA5JG
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