Hi Fred;
It really comes down to how much help will you have and how much do you want 
to spend?  I think you first have to decide if you are putting up a tower? 
You then have to take a look at the capacity of the tower and the size of 
the antenna.  I previously had very good luck with mosley although I put up 
much smaller beams.  Also some of the 40 meter add on kits give you a 
rotatable dipole as opposed to a real 40 meter beam.  You also need to talk 
to the folks who will be helping with construction.  I once had a nice new 
add on kit for 17 and 12 meters for a beam which was initially a tribander. 
Unfortunately the folks helping with construction insisted that "I didn't 
want to use that kit".  So eventually it was sold after never leaving the 
box.
You want something that will need as little maintenance as possible if there 
is such a thing.
Richard

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 12:40 PM
Subject: Antennas?


I know some of you guys have done the math and looked at the options, so if
you were going to put up a directional/rotatable antenna, which one would
you select and why. I'm looking for one with the most coverage, smallest or
lowest wind-loading factor so I could possibly put up two antennas covering
two groups of bands or a mono-bander and a multi-band antenna as well.

They would be for bands between 40 and 10 meters. I'm thinking of putting up
a couple wire antennas for 80 and maybe 40, but since I love 40 meters I may
just see if I can't put up a 40 meter beam or perhaps an add-on kit for
another multi-band antenna for 40 meters.

Fred Olver  N9BSO  [log in to unmask]

Thanks in advance.