Hi Gary,
Happy Thanksgivng!
I'm thankful we still have a few antenna manufacturers to choose from.
I read the Force website the same as you- that the XR-5 has been replaced
with the new XR5-T. What caught my attention the most was that their
advertising states that the replacement antenna has a "shorter boom, and more
gain". Seems amazing, I wonder if it's true as a 10-11' boom on 20-m. seems
short. One thing I really like about the Force & Skyhawk antennas is that
the element to boom holes are pre-drilled as it's a big time saver for me
not to have to align the elements manually.
73,
Dick- K9OM
In a message dated 11/27/2014 9:23:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
wa0yle12@gmail.com writes:
I didn't think that the new Force12 still sold the 'legacy' XR-5. I
thought it had been discontinued and replaced by the XR5-T. That's
what the web page says anyway.
Gary - KN0V
On 11/26/14, RLVZ--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com> wrote:
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but the JK antennas don't have pre-aligned
> elements like the Force 12 and Skyhawk have. I for one hate running
back
> and
> forth wasting time trying to align each element.
>
> 73,
> Dick- K9OM
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 11/21/2014 11:11:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> towertalk@contesting.com writes:
>
> The Forec 12 antenna 5 band is the XR5 sells for $1,499 XR5-T: Compact
> 9 Element 20m/17m/15m/12m/10m Multi-Mono Yagi
> The JK Navassa sells for $1,185.
> http://www.jkantennas.com/jk-navassa-5.html
> The excelelnt build quality and lower price points to the JK.
> DX Engineering stocks the JK.
> Matt w1mbb
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