[Antennas] Small Triband Beam

Ross Primrose n4rp at n4rp.com
Fri Feb 27 15:40:05 EST 2015


On 2/27/2015 2:38 PM, n8de at thepoint.net wrote:
> He said 12' turning RADIUS .. not diameter.

The A3S has a 15.5' turning radius.  Last time I checked, that was well 
over 12'...

73, Ross N4RP

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> 73
> Don
> N8DE
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> Quoting Ross Primrose <n4rp at n4rp.com>:
>
>> That's well over his turning radius limit.  The Cushcraft MA5B might be
>> a better fit...
>>
>> 73, Ross N4RP
>>
>> On 2/27/2015 1:17 PM, n8de at thepoint.net wrote:
>>> Cushcraft A3S is a well-performing tri-bander.
>>> Have on up here at 34' and have worked over 300 DXCC with it the  
>>> past three years.
>>> 73
>>> Don
>>> N8DE
>>>
>>>
>>> Quoting "David C. Hallam" <dhallam at knology.net>:
>>>
>>>> I am looking for ideas about what would be a good small triband beam.
>>>> About 20 ft. would be about as high up as I could get it. Ideally the
>>>> turning radius would not more than 10 ft but maybe could go to 12 ft.
>>>> My rig runs 900-1000W DC input. lp support this email list: 
>>>> http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
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