"jam" wrote in message
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Hello All!

I am planning to put up my first tower and beam, the tower 25g braced
to the house at 20 feet 45 ft tall and a Yaesu 800ga rotator.

The Problem!

What Beam to put on top?

I have done my home work and currently trying to decide.

3 element Stepper IR (Looks good but, pricy! On the negative, if a
wire bus comes lose or breaks your SOL )

Mosley ta-63 ( all band but no f/b )

Mosley classic cl 33 + warc ( Looks sturdy but, traps, no gain on 17
meters )

Sommer (looks good but a bit of Rube Goldburg + Heavy )

Force 12 ( pop ribits and tuners ???????)

Tennadyne (same gain as 2 element yagi big! Swr)

I hope to here what the opinions are.

Thanks All

WA3YMM

all multi-band antennas are a compromise. its up to you to make the
tradeoffs and pick one that fits your budget and provides the band coverage
you want.

oh, there is one other drawback on the steppir... long delivery time. i am
just about to leave to help a friend put up his that just came in last week,
and he ordered it at Dayton in the spring. if you want to have something up
for winter that may be a problem. if you are planning for spring you should
make it.