On Feb 8, 10:40 pm, Tom Horne wrote:
Brian
You have my undivided attention on this one. Can you steer me to a
design for the Cubical Quad that you were referring to?

Oops. There's some confusion here but I don't know which one of us is
confused Tom. Maybe both of us. I wasn't referring to a specific quad.
My point was that any properly tuned unnamed generic quad should be a
better-performing antenna than a Spiderbeam. However the usual HF quad
is not a lightweight antenna, they're designed/built to take a beating
out in the weather for the long run and as you know fiberglass ain't
feathers.

However for applications like dxpeditions, Field Day and other
temporary locations where weight matters one should be able to design/
build a very lightweight quad by using small diameter spreaders which
would not be acceptable for use in permanent antennas. If done right a
"portable quad" ought to be able to compete with the Spiderbeam as far
as weight is concerned.

QSL?

Miles and miles of spreaders:

http://www.mgs4u.com/fiberglass-tube-rod.htm

Brian w3rv