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Steve Forst <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 22 Aug 2014 19:45:15 -0400
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Mike,

There are a few players in this game.  I got mine from Roger NA4RR:


http://www.hexagonalbeam.com/home.asp


I think currently the big dog is Leo K4KIO:

http://www.k4kio.com/compare/

Both of the above are "plug and play", with everything  pre-cut and 
assembled.

Other options are DX Engineering and Traffie in New England.

73, Steve KW3A

On 8/22/2014 7:30 PM, Michael Ryan wrote:
> Will do steve.=20
> Can you tell me the web site where I can check out that antenna?=20
> I had a close look at my old tower last weekend and I think I could cut =
> away about 2 feet of the damaged middle section and could probably make =
> a decent tower out of it to put up a hex beam.=20
> They're not overly expensive and they do work very well. I had a =
> CushCraft A-3S up for 5 years and it was 10 years old when I bought it =
> so I'm thinking a hex at 25 or 30 feet would probably last 10 to 15 =
> years easy.=20
> Plus I would rig my tower so that if a big storm was forecast to pay me =
> a visit, I could easily lower it down.=20
>
> 73:=20
> Mike VO1AX=20
>
>
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