any hams interested in a sked?

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(4 hours ago)olfart Wrote: The hexbeam looks a lot like the MFJ Cobweb I was thinking about buying before they went under. I wanted the 40m add-on, but never got around to ordering the antenna.
First, I looked you up on the qrz. What a nice qth!
I've never really looked at the cobwebs, but I have the na4rr hex without the 40m add on. At 21' diameter I find it's about as big as I want to go on a mast in a tripod in the yard. I'm happy with 20 meters and up. After a couple of coats of paint to protect the spreaders from UV damage it took me about an hour to assemble it. I've seen videos of doing it in 30 minutes but I'm slow, I guess.
Anyway, I really like mine, it seems to defy the laws of physics, working at low heights quite well. The front/back ratio isn't as good as a beam with a director or two and I've come to like that, oddly enough.
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