I also have the K4KIO HexBeam, mounted on the roof via a Glen Martin 4.5 foot roof tower and a 5 foot pipe. Using it as my primary antenna for my K-Line station. Love it. Haven't tried it as a receive antenna on the low bands though. Interesting idea. Will give it a shot soon. Support from Leo (K4KIO) is only matched by Elecraft's. Nothing else like it out there... __________________ Slava (Sal) B, W2RMS [email protected]
On Aug 5, 2014, at 7:08 PM, [email protected] wrote: > As the current sunspot cycle winds down and we begin to make greater usage > of the lower bands, keep in mind that the K4KIO (and probably most of the > other designs) makes an outstanding *receive* antennna for 30m through > 160m. Yes, the signal magnitude will be reduced, however the SNR will be > greatly improved over most transmitting antennas on those same bands. > > I've used the Hex Beam on 30m and 40m for several years as a receiving > antenna on those bands, in conjunction with a Pixel loop on the > sub-receiver with the K3 in diversity mode. Very effective! > > 73, Dale > WA8SRA > > > >> Iâve had my K3/P3 for 3 wonderful years, and my KPA500 for a bit over 2 >> years. Best gear I have had the good fortune to own and use! My K4KIO Hex >> beam has been in place for those 3 years. Mine is atop a 32â heavy duty >> 1 7/8â heavy duty pipe which is bracketed to my house about 22â feet >> up. Add another âthumbs upâ for a wonderful low profile antenna. >> Worked a LOT of DX with it, and so far, minimal maintenance. Maybe not an >> 80â tower with a big kludge of metal at the top, but it gets the job >> done for me. >> >> Jim Leder ... K8CXM >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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] > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
