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Re: [TowerTalk] Close stacking mono bander

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Close stacking mono bander
From: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 19:45:47 -0500
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My hex hex beam, 6 band hex beam, hence hex hex, weighs 25 lbs and is nearly symmetrical with respect to torque due to imbalanced windage. A decently heavy duty TV rotor will git 'er done. If you live where you may get ice on antennas then be sure to get the "extra" ice reinforcements. See K4KIO style hex beam.

73,

Patrick    NJ5G


On 9/28/2014 6:22 PM, David Thompson wrote:
I remember Lew McCoy writing an article in QST 40 years ago saying that you could stack 10,15, and 20 meter beams about 3 feet apart. Then this was debunked a few years later. Even Lew acknowledged this to be true.

The best bet is to get one of the Hex beams on that tri-pod. You can get the regular 10, 15, and 20 if you are mostly a contester or add WARC bands plus 6 if you are a DXer. Most of the hex beams are light and can be rotated with a small Ham M type rotor or HD TV type.

73 Dave K4JRB
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