[SixClub] maxon antennas

[Ben Ramler]

Gene are you saying that its not worth building? Or am
I misunderstanding you! For me right now these moxon
antennas are the best way to go.

--- "Gene Brewer (KI6LO)" <ki6lo at mchsi.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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