[SJRA-Members] What bands for my hex beam antenna?

[Bob Fischer]

Hi John and Joe,

As Joe can attest, I'm a neophyte on HF operating but thought if I was
going to purchase a Hex beam what bands in addition to 20 would I add? 17
for sure as you can work a lot of the same DX as 20 on a less crowded and
sometimes noisy band. I also picked 15 as a band that was just fun to
operate a few years ago when I did some QRP operating on SSB with under 5
watts! Of course conditions were at a peak then and have been down now for
a few years. I would also add 6M "The Magic Band" as possibly a new venture
into the VHF world for you. It's called the magic band as it quite often
opens this time of year thru January on single hop to the Midwest and
Southern states and on double hop as far as the West Coast with very little
power and antenna needed. Lots of fun to be had!

So, after all that I thought maybe I should wait for someone with more
experience to answer your question. Hope this helps in your decision making
process and good luck!

73, Bob
W2SJ

On Wed, May 6, 2020, 10:01 AM KC2TN <kc2tn at comcast.net> wrote:

> Very popular antenna.
> Good choice.
> I’d buy as many as you can afford, starting with 20, 17, &  6.
> 15,12, & 10 will have spotty openings now and then but will begin to
> improve over the next several years. I think you’ll be happy you bought
> them and put them up initially, if you can afford them.
>
> Joe - KC2TN
>
> > On May 6, 2020, at 9:49 AM, John Jones <jdjones3109 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Good Morning,
> >
> > I need some advice. I'm purchasing a hex beam antenna which is available
> > for any combination of bands 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6.  It comes with 20
> m
> > and each additional band is a $55/band option.  I've only been a ham for
> a
> > little over a year and have only used 20 m.  In your experience, are any
> or
> > all of the other bands worth purchasing?
> >
> > *Note:* I am purchasing the hex beam, so suggesting alternatives isn't
> > necessary. I could add additional bands later, but I'd rather install it
> > with all the bands that I'm going to use all at once.
> >
> > Any constructive advice will be appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
> >
> > John
> > KD2RKA
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