Joshua, Multi-band yagis operate on the bands that they are designed to work on. If they worked on other bands, then all of the bands that it worked on would be listed just as all of the others. A tuner may be able to tune an antenna up on a band other than what it was designed for, but it would likely generate terrible SWR, and would therefore be very inefficient. Determine what bands you want you yagi to cover, and buy one that matches your needs. The cost of a rotor depends in large part on the size of the yagi that it will be turning. A yagi with a 14 foot boom could be turned by a very small rotor, but a yagi with a 50 foot boom will require a very large, and very expensive rotor.
HTH Alan/KD7GC Alan R. Downing Phoenix, AZ From: Joshua Gould [via Elecraft] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 5:36 PM To: kd7gc Subject: Antenna choices Ok, I know that this is a topic much like the Ford vs. Chevy debates or the Android vs. Apple debates, but I do have a few questions... I am going to be acquiring a 56 foot Rohn BX tower. I already have a G5RV that I am planning on putting up (still not sure where I'm going to attach the other end of it to, One end will go on the tower.) I'm going to put up a 2m/440 vertical at some point up near the top of the tower. I keep throwing around an HF vertical or a beam. The verticals seem to cover more bands, but the beams are directional. (Would also need a rotor,.. Can a multi band yagi be tuned to a different band, or will it only work on the bands that it's designed for? I'm thinking long term and I'll probably be adding a K3/100 with a KPA500 to the mix in the next year or so... Trying to figure out what will give me the best bang for my buck, so to speak. 73, Joshua Gould K8WXA ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] _____ If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion below: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Antenna-choices-tp7589505.html To unsubscribe from Elecraft, click here <http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubsc ribe_by_code&node=365791&code=a2Q3Z2NAcS5jb218MzY1NzkxfDE3MzQ0NDk4ODY=> . <http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_v iewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.Basi cNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template .NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_ emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> NAML -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Antenna-choices-tp7589505p7589511.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
