[OKDXA] Most Rugged Tribander

[Richard Ruhl]

Hello John, my suggestion would be the Hygain TH7DXX or the TH11DX. 
I've had the TH7DXX up over 21 years on a 70' TriEx crankup and it has seen
major ice and major tornadic winds (150) in the open country. It went thru
the 01 and 2010 ice storms FB. All I have done is replace the Hygain stock
element clamps with stainless hose clamps and never had any problems with
wind or ice. The boom to mast clamps is the strongest I have seen. Tunes up
great, even better with a tuner. You need a tuner on the TH7 for the 12- and
17-meter bands. 4 elements on 10 meters are FB. I have seen no downsize to
the traps. Downside is they are heavy; 100lbs for the TH7DXX. 125 lbs for
the TH11. I always crank the tower down to 40' during storm alerts.

Richard Ruhl W5GLD
20048 N. 2840 Rd.
Kingfisher, OK 73750
405-375-4843
richardr at pldi.net


-----Original Message-----
From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
Behalf Of John Geiger
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2022 2:34 PM
To: Oklahoma DX Association <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [OKDXA] Most Rugged Tribander

Of the commercially available triband yagis, what is generally considered to
be the most sturdy and rugged model?  One that can take wind and ice the
best?  3 or 4 elements would be the desired size-something you can put up
and not have to worry about much once it is up.  Traps would be ok also as I
am not an anti-trap person.  Less wind loading would be a bigger advantage.

73 John AF5CC
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