JK has a tribander like the TX 38 (4 on 10, 2 on 20/15) for less than a
kilobuck. If you, like me, couldn't give a rat's ptooey about 12 and 17,
this looks like a good option. If you don't need the added weight and
windload of two extra bands, why bother?
73, kelly
ve4xt
On 11/21/14 11:01 AM, "James C. Hall, MD" <heartdoc@nwtcc.com> wrote:
> The best bang for buck on 5-band yagis when I was building my station was,
> in fact, the Force 12 XR-5. I have a short stack on a 72 foot crank-up tower
> and they just work - very well. I understand the new version of this fine
> antenna has a shorter boom. I would like to see an A/B comparison of the
> two.
>
> 73, Jamie
> WB4YDL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> john@kk9a.com
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 9:56 AM
> To: Kelly Taylor
> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] N6BT, Force12inc and JK Antennas
>
>
>
> Bummer, I was not aware that DX Engineering discontinued the TX38. I know
> that a lot of work went into optimizing this yagi for all three bands and it
> also had four 10m elements. I think it would have been a perfect contest
> expedition antenna.
>
> John KK9A
>
> On 2014-11-21 10:26, Kelly Taylor wrote:
>
>> The TX-38 was sold to DX Engineering and was subsequently
>> discontinued. It was expensive for only having three bands (it was
>> almost Bencher Skyhawk money), but it did look like a fabulous design,
>> particularly with four elements on 10.
>>
>> The people who were lucky enough to get one rave about it, but it
>> appears there's not enough demand for pure tribanders any more. People
>> want five bands.
>>
>> 73, kelly
>> ve4xt
>
>
>
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