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Base Maco VQ3 beam

TIN_CAN

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I am just wondering if anyone has and experience with this antenna? Seems to be fairly new, the v quad was supposed to be a decent small beam but now vq3 and pretty cheap I am thinking of pulling the trigger on one of these.
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Screenshot_2020-02-06-17-18-03.png Ive been looking at maco beams for a while. I like the Comet myself. I have a 60' Will-Burt pneumatic locking mast that im going to refurbish to put it on. Im just not sure that Y design will hold up as well as the comet even though they say the wind ratings are the same and I can upgrade the comet to 30k gammas if i desire.
 
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Well finally picked up one of these antennas from Scott,s Radio. was not cheap to get it shipped to Canada either. Plan to have it up in the spring @ 30' to feed point. Just need to source a decent rotor. Interesting video of vq3 vs 2 element yagi vs vertical for receive.
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