[OKDXA] Most Rugged Tribander

[dan edwards]

 Interesting...when my buddy, W5WMU, bought a place on the coast of Maine, he went around to local hams and asked 'what seems to survive the winters up here in Maine?'....and found the same thing, HyGain, TH6, and later...
JM2c, w5xz, dan

    On Sunday, March 6, 2022, 05:46:15 PM CST, John Geiger <af5cc2 at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 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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