[50mhz] 50 Mhz antennas

[Carl Huether]

I redesigned and rebuilt the 6M Boomer several years ago. Not just a quick
pass on "Yagi Optimizer" either; took a learning curve to really understand
the process.
 Note the Boomer came out in 79 and was never computer optimized by
CrashCraft.

Now 8el on the same boom.
Outstanding f/b and f/s along with almost a 1.5db gain boost. The clean
pattern really killed a lot of local and DX QRN and opened new layers of DX.

Send a SASE to my CBA for full details including plots.
 Ive also redesigned other CC and HyGain 6M antennas. Built several and many
have duplicated them.

73, Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message -----
From: <N4ue@aol.com>
To: <50mhz@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 11:49 AM
Subject: [50mhz] 50 Mhz antennas


> George, I have had 3 Cushcraft antennas, A50-5, A50-6, and a redesign of
my
> own, I called the A50-7. I lengthened the boom and added an extra
director,
> changed the spacing and element lengths. It worked very well. Steve Katz
ran
> a description of these changes years ago in his VHF section in CQ. I also
own
> an M2 7el JHV. The JHV is a real POS, in my humble opinion. I won't go
into
> the details, they can be found on the reviews in E-Ham. I would never,
ever
> buy another M2.
> I have heard that CC has discontinued the 617 Boomer. I have installed
> several of these and they are very rugged, but were probably getting long
in
> the tooth, design wise. Perhaps CC will come out with an 'improved' Boomer
> for 6M. I found a re-design on the www that took a Boomer and reduced it
to 5
> elements and then stacked a pair with very good results.
> I wouldn't put a lot of faith in any mfg. claims of gain. I would like to
see
> a side by side comparison on an antenna range.
>
> ron
>
> N4UE
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