[OKDXA] Most Rugged Tribander

[John Geiger]

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the offer but that is too big for my current setup.  They do
look like nice antennas.  Maybe someone else can use it.

73 John AF5CC

On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 10:25 PM Jeff Martin <jeffk5we at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey John...
>   If you are interested in a HyGain TH11, I have one sitting on tires out
> in
> the pasture that I would let go pretty cheap. It's a heavy duty antenna, 24
> foot boom, weighs 88 pounds...
>
> 73,
> Jeff - K5WE
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of K2GKK D C_Mac_ Macdonald
> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2022 3:56 PM
> To: Oklahoma DX Association
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] Most Rugged Tribander
>
> Somewhere, I have a document that contains that info.
>
> However, I believe that Telerex beams were rated strongest.
> I don't know if they are even still made but they were COSTLY.
>
> Mosley beams were rated just a bit less rugged.  Mosley
> STARTED the trapped element beams many decades ago
> and supposedly Carl Mosley's original TA-33 is still in use
> after many decades.  And parts are available for all Mosley
> antennas.
>
> I bought a used TA-33 in 1963 in Texas and used it until
> 1971 (then in Germany) and sold it there before I came back
> to USA here in Oklahoma City.  I put another one up here and
> had no troubles with it but replaced it with Mosley PRO-67 that
> did not survive the May 3, 1999 tornado (along with house,
> tower, swimming pool, and 8 vehicles.
>
> I now have a PRO-57-B-30 I am assembling; a six band, seven
> element (10/12/15/17/20/30) meter beam which I expect
> would require a similar storm to destroy. Mosleys are made
> from high strength aluminum tubing.
>
> I had bought a SteppIR, but decided to sell it as I don't have a
> tilt-over tower to enable repairs on a complicated mechanism.
>
> I am not a contester, so don't need the last few tenths of a dB
> the SteppIR might have provided.  Mosley's traps are wound with
> large diameter wire and have comparatively low loss.
>
> 73 de Mac, K2GKK/5
> Licensed 30 Nov 1953
> Oklahoma City, OK
> USAF (Retired) 61-81
> FAA (Retired) 94-10
>
> ________________________________
> From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on
> behalf of garylm at kiamichiwb.org <garylm at kiamichiwb.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 6, 2022 15:03
> To: OKDXA <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] Most Rugged Tribander
>
>  WE USED THE HYGAIN TH11 ON THE NORTH SLOPE IN ALASKA FOR YEARS AND IT HELD
> UP WELL.  ALSO THE OLD CUSHCRAFT ATB34 HELD UP WELL AND WAS WELL BUILT.
> NOT SURE HOW THE NEWER ANTENNAS ARE HOLDING UP, SEEMS MOST ARE NOT AS WELL
> BUILT AS THEY USE TO BE, THEY SEEM TO BE USING LIGHTER ALLUMINUM THESE
> DAYS.
> GARY WQ5R
>
> On Sun, 6 Mar 2022 14:50:14 -0600, "Thomas Webb" <tmwebb at cox.net> wrote:
>
> Any of the Mosley line of beams. The TA-33 or Classic 33 will serve well.
>
> Tom, WA9AFM
>
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