The only quad I owned was a PDL Uni-quad for 11 meters. It had 2 coaxes so you could run either vertical or horizontal polarization and man it could really null out the skip. I think it was up for at least a couple years before I got my ham ticket and it held up well. I used to help a low vision friend who lived nearby. He rode a bike with a 108 inch CB antenna on it and I would relay phone messages and such. He did onsite house calls doing organ repairs for a local business. Of course that was way before cell phones and I don't even think there were that many car phones out there in 1971 or so. Those were some fun days. 73, Jim WA6EKS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Date sent: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 18:29:42 -0400 Subject: Quad Antennas Phil is right that you do not hear many people using a quad these days. From 1972 until 1983, I ran a Hy-Gain 2 element tri-band quad that they called the Hy-Quad. The wire elements and plastic insulators finally broke to the point that I had to look at rebuilding it. Since I had a Mosley TA33 JR in storage, I opted to scrap the quad, and gave it to a missionary friend who did rebuild it for only 15 meters. While I worked the world with the Mosley, there was no comparison between that antenna and the 2 element quad. When using the quad, if the world didn't beat a path to my door, that quad would go out and drag the world in off the street. Mosley also made a 2 element quad at the time I ran the Hy-Gain. My friend across town had their quad, but couldn't keep it operational for more than a few months at a time. I believe Cubex is still around, but I may be wrong about that. If they are not, I don't know who makes a full size quad commercially for any band or band combination. Some of the best fun I ever had was during 2 field day operations where the club I was with at the time ran a full size 2 element quad on 40 meters. The bottom was about 10 feet off the ground, but that thing would scream. When we had worked everything we could hear on the east coast, four guys would pull up the anchor ropes, walk the antenna around to a different direction, then drive the anchor pegs back into the ground. Those were the days! -- Mike Duke, K5XU