I wonder if it was wide spaced or 11 elements on a short boom.  A shorter 
boom has better front to back but a longer wide spaced boom has better 
forward gain.  There are lots of guys running 10 elements on 6 meters, 
sometimes stacked, and the Japanese are notorious for running 10 elements on 
10 meters running their 10 watt license for the beginner hams.

I was listening years ago to the only W6 coming through on 20 meters at the 
bottom of a sun spot cycle.  He wasn't very strong but he was the only west 
coast station I could copy and I think I was running my 4 element 20 on a 26 
foot boom at the time.  Anyhow, the guy was running a home made 10 element 
20 meter beam on a 150 foot boom.  No fooling.  He used Rohn 25G tower 
sections for the boom itself.  His was wide spaced elements.  I worked a guy 
in Illinois once on 20 meters with a 6 inch O D diameter boom 100 feet long 
with 10 elements on it, too.  He ran 100 watts and was the loudest signal on 
the band.

Phil.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 8:24 PM
Subject: Imagine


>A friend of mine and I were looking around the net for 10-20 meter light
> weight beams for his tower.  Well not in that catigory, but we ran across 
> a
> highgain th11 Dx! imagine 9 elements on ten meters, what would that be
> like!???  It was only 87 pounds.  Imagine the wind load and the price!
> H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
> Adaptive Technology Instructor
>