[SixClub] maxon antennas

[Gene Brewer (KI6LO)]

Ben Ramler wrote:

>Thanks for those you who replied to me! These maxon
>antennas look interesting, are there many of you using
>them? How difficult of a build was it? If I built one
>I would use PVC or Aluminum.
>
>thanks & 73,
>
>Ben Ramler, K0BLR
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All,

I see alot of comments of making vs buying antennas in the different 
groups I read. I would like to add one to the fray. I recently was going 
to build a 6M 5el yagi and priced out just the aluminum. For a 
comparable antenna to the Cushcraft A505S, the aluminum came to over 
$100 from Texas Towers. At $160 for the Cushcraft A505S, I decided it 
was easier just to buy the kit rather than have to buy the raw aluminum 
and cut it. The additional $60 gave me all the mounting hardware also so 
that was the clincher.

So if you are considering a 6M 5el yagi on 12 ft boom, you might be 
thinking of the Cushcraft A505S kit as your parts bin to start vice 
searching for raw aluminum. I found that a bulk aluminum buy for a 
single antenna was way to expensive in terms of shipping/freight so 
buying a precut antenna kit might just be the answer. It was for me.

Gene KI6LO