[OKDXA] Most Rugged Tribander

[John Geiger]

That is good to know about Hy-Gain antennas as well. I know the Explorer 14
gets good reviews in terms of performance vs size.

73 John AF5CC

On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 11:33 PM Richard Ruhl <richardr at pldi.net> wrote:

> 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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