Recent content by 20poundhammer

Mr Clean thanks for the pics great looking beam. a friend of mine that has built more beams than anybody i know has tried just about everything. for his money and upkeep and all around performance a 4 element quad is hard to beat. he has stacked 3 , 4, and 5 elements quads and while they do give...

well i am going to put up a 4 element cube quad at about 110'. i am down in a hole a bit here and need at least 35' or so te be above ground level so i am going to get that and about 75' more. the quad design is really close to a white lighting if any one remembers those.

back when i was dxing i ran the quad 99% of the time on horizontal for dxing. it didnt seem to make a lot of difference most of the time but horizontal would usualy allow me to get a lil stronger signal transmitting and recieving.

i probably aint gonna do the 8 over the 8 lol. looks like its gonna be the 4 element cube again.

guys just wanted your opinion on this. in the past i ran a 4 element cubical quad and am getting ready to get back on the air again. what do you think of the choice of this for a beam for mainly talking dx? i had a 5 element JoGunn star series prior to that and the quad beat that to pieces. so...

thanks for the info guys!

well guys that is some great info! i guess i should have stated this is going to be ran on 27 mhz for mauldropping cb action lol. i am looking for the best set up for the best performance with the least amout of trouble. the black cat driver i have would never do over about 100 to 110 watts and...

guys i am getting back into the radio game, i have been out for quite a long time and thought i would ask some opinons here. i am going to be running a 4 or 5 element cubical quad. what would be the optimum height for good dx performance. i know for los probably the higher the better but my main...

guys i am an old school guy from back in the day. i am setting my station back up and thought i would see what you guys thought. got a galaxy saturn hitting a jb150 hitting a d&a 1o tube brown faced phantom hitting a 2 kw floor model henry. hitting the phantom with about 3 watts swinging to...