Hi Joe,
Great points, thanks.
I guess it's too easy to tar Hy-Gain with the MFJ brush, because I do
remember the original Hy-Gain beams as being relatively well built. Curious
to know if anyone has bought a Hy-Gain since the takeover. If they haven't
cheaped out, they should still be OK.
And, at least, they don't try to sell you their antennas by cooking up some
mumbo-jumbo about an innovative feed system that doesn't require a choke.
I've got a couple of Cushcrafts (MA5B and MA8040v), and while both work OK
(on both, if I can hear 'em I can work 'em.. Most times), the build quality
is crap. I probably have to take the MA5B down and install a DX Engineering
boom-mast setup because the el cheapo CC unit self-destructed.
Hopefully my tower goes up at the lake this summer and a small interlaced
monobander (F12, JK, etc.) goes up.
73, kelly
ve4xt
On 4/13/15 10:12 PM, "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists@subich.com> wrote:
>
> On 2015-04-12 10:20 AM, ve4xt@mymts.net wrote:
>> If you wanted it to be new and durable, I don't think you could get
>> it done for $600.
>
> Hy-Gain TH-3MK4 $499 from www.Hy-gain.com or $469 from
> www.dxengineering.com.
>
>> For the average city ham with average tower, I'd suggest the F12
>> XR3,4,5 or 6, depending on how many bands you need or the JK Navassa5
>> (10,12,15,17, and 20). For a pure tribander, I like the JK Tribander,
>> but they've removed details of that antenna from their website.
>
> While the multi-monoband antennas are undoubtedly better performers
> than the older trapped tribanders, the Hy-Gain designs are among the
> best of the trapped designs and unless MFJ have significantly reduced
> the quality are much better built than the Cushcraft. The F12 and
> JT antennas are two to three times the cost of the TH-3MK4.
>
> 73,
>
> ... Joe, W4TV
>
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