I should be closing on a house in the next 30 days that will finally get me out of the restrictive community I've been living in for 9 years. I've been operating with a low wire hidden in the trees all this time. Anyway, at the new ham shack, I mean home...I've got a large semi wooded lot with plenty of room for antennas and NO restrictions on what I can put up except what my budget will tolerate.
I can get my dipoles up to about 60' in the existing trees on the 85' x 185' lot but, I don't think I want another tower like I had when I lived in Indiana so I've been looking for lightweight directional antenna options that I can put up without the need for a tower. The hex beams see to fit the bill. One in particular has my attention. It's built by K5BOB and the kit looks super simple to assemble and looks to be one of the lightest hex beams out there. His small hex for 10/6 meters only weighs 6 lbs. I just emailed him for the weight of the three band version which I would get in 20/17/15 meters. He has assembly videos on you-tube and the construction of the antennas looks to be sturdy and one of the best things is no metal on the antenna.
I'm curious to see if anyone here is using a hex and how you have it mounted. I want to be able to put it up on a telescoping mast or pipe arrangement of some sort with a lightweight rotor.
I can get my dipoles up to about 60' in the existing trees on the 85' x 185' lot but, I don't think I want another tower like I had when I lived in Indiana so I've been looking for lightweight directional antenna options that I can put up without the need for a tower. The hex beams see to fit the bill. One in particular has my attention. It's built by K5BOB and the kit looks super simple to assemble and looks to be one of the lightest hex beams out there. His small hex for 10/6 meters only weighs 6 lbs. I just emailed him for the weight of the three band version which I would get in 20/17/15 meters. He has assembly videos on you-tube and the construction of the antennas looks to be sturdy and one of the best things is no metal on the antenna.
I'm curious to see if anyone here is using a hex and how you have it mounted. I want to be able to put it up on a telescoping mast or pipe arrangement of some sort with a lightweight rotor.