Howard:

Well, based on somewhat limited experience so far, here's my comparison on 
the two antennas:

The Alpha Delta DXCC is absolutely awesome on 40 meters;  in fact, I'd say 
it is the best 40-meter antenna I have ever had.  It does reasonably well 
on 10, 15, and 20, but is not necessarily a show stopper.  The Alpha Delta 
is also ok on a portion of 80 meters, which is why I felt I needed something 
better for 80.  It is very narrow, as one would expect, given its 82-foot 
length.

I have not had a terrific amount of time to play with the Cobra Ultralite 
since we put it up in late March, but it's best band by far is 80 meters, 
which is why I bought it in the first place.  For reasons I don't quite 
understand, it does not do well on 40 meters.  In fact, I can't get it to 
tune on the lower part of 40 with the auto-tuner in the TS590, which is a 
bit disappointing.  However, since the DXCC does so well on 40, it's not a 
devastating loss.  The Ultralite seems to be about equal to the DXCC on 20 
meters, as was borne out in a test on one of our Cross-country nets in early 
April.

With all of this being said, I'm sure some of the issues I'm facing are 
unique to my installations, and as I think our friend Butch or Steve would 
say:  You're milage may vary.

The Alpha Delta is up about 35 feet at the center, while the Cobra is 
probably 25 to 30 feet at best.

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: DX Contest this week-end?


> Well, getting older beats the option.  How do the Ultra and the Alpha 
> delta
> compare?
>