[OKDXA] Good Stuff

[Kim Elmore]

Hi Alan,

I'm familiar with Ttanix.  Their antennas sound marvelously engineered and 
are amazingly light.  Their low-band antennas would have the advantage of a 
much broader bandwidth, but the price paid would be lots of radials and 
fair bit more expense. Given what they're made of, I'll bet the workmanship 
is superb. They certainly look lovely and I'd love to have a set for 80 and 
another for 160 (dreams are cheap and anybody can have them). Their wire 
LPDA's look very interesting, too.  So many antennas, so little time.

I don't know when Force-12 will introduce its 160 m antennas.  The last I 
heard (a couple of weeks ago) they were working on a system such that only 
a single person is needed to erect the antenna. They recommended three for 
the Sigma 80, and I was glad I had four.

I'm impressed with FOrce-12's workmanship, too, and also how responsive 
they were to calls for support.  There were no rough edges on any of the 
parts for the Sigma 80.  I'd love to have a four-square of them, but that 
would take up more real estate than I can spare, not to mention $.  Even at 
the cost of $580 each (plus shipping), a four-square of the Sigma 80's is 
cheaper than an 80 m 3 el yagi, not to mention the 200 ft tower.

Get ready for a bit of winter, guys.  The good news is that conditions do 
not look conducive to freezing rain and drizzle.  Let's hope it stays that way.

73,

Kim, N5OP
                           Kim Elmore, Ph.D.
                        University of Oklahoma
         Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
"All of weather is divided into three parts: Yes, No, and Maybe. The
greatest of these is Maybe" The original Latin appears to be garbled.