[Elecraft] Beam antenna question

[Dale Boresz]

I agree 100% about the hex beam; I had the original Traffie 20m monobander
and now have the K4KIO broadband 5-band hex beam. Both work extremely well
on their designed bands. However --  it has been my experience that a
5-band hex beam works great as a very low-noise receiving antenna on 40m
and 80m, especially when used as one of the antennas in a diversity receive
configuration with the K3. Not surprisingly, the hex beam exhibits no
directivity when used as a receiving antenna on 40 & 80m.

73,

Dale - WA8SRA


On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Tony Estep <esteptony at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 7:04 PM, Ian <km4ik.ian at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ...have you consider one of
> > the many hex-beams that are available? ... I have a 5-band model...
>
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> What Ian said! I put up a 5-band hex-beam on my chimney, 21 feet off the
> ground. The results were terrific. My model came from DX Engineering, and
> I'm sure there are other good ones. With that antenna and 500 watts, I
> found that I could succeed in just about any pileup. Highly recommended.
>
> 73,
> Tony KT0NY
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