My friend who is building the super station in Molino, FL ordered a Hex Beam
that has both 30 and 40 meters on it.  My understanding is that most Hex
Beams do not.  I know that he special ordered the thing, and intends to keep
it stored on his 85 foot mobile tower.  He says that it is light enough, and
easy to assemble, and therefore makes a good choice for emergency or field
day service.

Alan/KD7GC



Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Forst
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 4:45 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: hex beam info

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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