Anyone going to the above venue? I will be there with the gang from Saturday morning, I will be the young good looking one! Well we can all look back 20 years...
Hi all, My 2 pence worth. Back in 2006 I bought a Spider beam solely to enter the CQWW SSB as MU5W from Alderney in the Channel Islands . My god what a...
But you will be with me Ant, so don't you mean you will be with the old good looking one!!!! Chris Colclough G1VDP http://www.g1vdp.com http://www.mc0shl.com ...
No sorry bud, I stand by my previous quote LOL 73's Ant MWØJZE Elecraft K3 #485 MC0SHL DX & Contest Group www.mc0shl.com www.mw0jze.co.uk www.pmtdxgoup.co.uk ...
I have had the Pleasure of building both... from scratch.... a 5 band Spider and a 6 band hex. I'm sure other have covered this as well but here's my 2 cents...
Jeremy I have had both a spider beam and a hex. I chose the hex over the spider because it is a lot less trouble than the spider. the wind loading on the...
Hello All, Although I have never built a spider beam I am very familiar with it, since it was one of several fiberglass and wire antennas I studied. I think...
Gentlemen, Well I can definitely say that having people who have owned and used both telling me the faults of the spider vs the hex I think the decision is...
G'day All Hex Users I have finally got my hex up. It's taken me a while to get it together.........can't rush into these things you know Hi Hi. I have it on a...
Jeremy, first of all thanks for your service. Regarding the rotor: I bought a new IR remote controlled Phillips rotor with digital readout of Azimuth and...
Jeremy, I urge you to buy the already made hex beam from Mike Traffie direct. You will have it assembled and operating in half a day. It may cost a bit more,...
LOOK at DX))) Engineering, I love mine and I have the same rotor as Tom up at 50 ft. Jim WQ4S ... From: Transpacific To: hex-beam@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
I agree with Tom (WA7OB) regarding Traffie's antenna. I bought mine used and I had it for 6 years now without a single problem. I looked at some other ones...
I don't have the stock number at hand right now but I think they were the Cabela's Classic Crappie pole. I can probably get you the stock number when I get...
Guys  forget about crappie poles ,if you want the hex to hold up for more then a month or so DO IT RIGHT!!. GET THE GAIN FIBERGLASS POLES. The hex is a good...
Lay the lobe pattern of the hex and the Steppir on top of each other ,that should tell you a lot why you heard what you heard. dale wt4t ... From: Michael...
Traffie Technology isn't unique in this respect. I notice that K4KIO's web site states: "We will build it for you, break it back down into modules for shipping...
Please share with us exactly how the poles failed for you. Did they split at the joints, collapse the tube wall, crush at the center plate, twist out of...
Dan  the poles failed with ALL THE ABOVE. Its like towing a car with a cloth line. I have built 2 standard hex beams ,one with all the standard gear, alum...
Dan My Hex is made from "crappie" poles. With hindsight I wish that I had used 6 of the solid wall fibre-glass poles - note the correct spelling of "fibre" ...
Thanks for the info... it's good to get specific failure points from actual installations and to know what others have tried to mitigate their problem areas. ...
dale wt4t wrote: "A well built hex is fine on a pole or tower ,as mine is. but to try to make a strong hex and use it as a portable antenna is nuts. they may...
All the hexbeams I have built to date have used fishing poles for the spreaders. Several of them have been temporary affairs for development and testing, but...
In reply to this I am just updating the MC0SHL website with photos in our gallery. These are of our portable mini dxpedition to Ramsey Island (EU-124) in...
Well gang, 17M has been very, very good to me. Took a bit of calling , but worked Conway Reef on 17M SSB from Florida at 2147 yesterday. All I can say is, "GO...
Excellent advice Steve. I have a modest machine shop here at home and access to a full machine shop at work and will definitely build my plate with the tubes...
MANY times I get reports that my signal does not fade as much as others heard on the bands... and get reports of no fade at all.. Many times I get thet I am...
