I have been told by quite a few hams that use hex beams that they are pretty
flimsy.  I was also told that they won't handle 1500 watts on a continuous
basis.  Does anyone have similar experiences with them?    I know that they
are relatively inexpensive, so perhaps they just aren't made very tough.

Alan - N7MIT






Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Chuck Lester
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 6:09 PM
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Subject: Re: Hex beams:

Whose hex beam are you using?

Chuck wa8vmo

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From: "Mike" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 8:00 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Hex beams:

> I have had a hex beam for about 2 years, it has been about 20 feet from 
> the ground on 2 sections of my tower mounted to the deck.  The rest of 
> the tower will go up sometime this year.  Then I will have the hex beam 
> up about 60 feet.  As it is, I have made contacts in Alaska Japan, 
> Barang, which the last is about 5,000 miles away.  It always has tuned 
> with the internal tuner in the Ts590, to a 1 to 1 swr.  It is the 6 band 
> model 20, to 6 meters.  I have no complaints.  I have another antenna up 
> about 60 feet, a maltyband antenna from dx engineering and the hex beam 
> hears as well if not better and that is only at 20 feet.
> I will write when the tower is up and let you know the differences.
> Mike
> KD2CDU
>