Thanks Wes. I've been hearing good things about Optibeams lately. I
wish I could have put up a crank-up tilt-over tower but there's not
enough room for tilting here, even with a small antenna mounted.
73 - Gerry KA2MGE
-----------------------------------------From: "Wes Stewart"
To: "towertalk@contesting.com", "Gerry Maira"
Cc:
Sent: Sunday November 10 2024 2:00:13PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TH6DX Comments
I had a TH6 at one time. I tore it apart and used the tubing to make
a 3-3l 20-meter monobander. I finally retired that and went with an
Optibeam OB7-3, as seen in the opening photo of my QRZ page. It's been
up 10 years now without a hiccup.
I use a foldover tower with limited weight allowed on the top when
folded over so this lightweight antenna is desirable. It can also be
put up in two pieces which allows me to separate the boom and fold the
top of the tower almost to ground level for cable or rotor
maintenance.
Wes N7WS
On Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 09:28:45 AM MST, Gerry Maira
wrote:
Thanks. I read the manual, looking past all the hype in it, and read
some reviews. It seems like a decent antenna that I could put up. It
has 2 elements per band on an 18' boom though, compared to 3/4
elements per band on a 24' boom with a TH6. I think a TH6 would
perform noticeably better, and might be more durable as well if the
hardware has been replaced with SS parts as was done on mine.
73, Gerry KA2MGE
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