Hex antenna's

[2RT307]

Never said it could not be done just it would large and weak.

Aw come on! It's ONLY 42 feet in diameter. Piece of cake!

73,
Brett

 

[M0GVZ]

Aw come on! It's ONLY 42 feet in diameter. Piece of cake!

73,
Brett

Ant MW0JZE who makes one of the best Hexbeams you can buy in Europe is now testing a 40m version.

 

[w9cll]

Ant MW0JZE who makes one of the best Hexbeams you can buy in Europe is now testing a 40m version.

If it can survive mechanically then that is a good thing

 

[M0GVZ]

If it can survive mechanically then that is a good thing

Its winter storm season at the moment and we've had several weekends with 50+MPH winds gusting over 70 so if he is testing it it'll be getting a good workout at the moment.

 

[Needle Bender]

Never said it could not be done just it would large and weak.

...or one could just make a 40m HALO above the 20. Would be only slightly larger than the 20m X-Beam element but I have no idea how they would interact. Trial & Success!
- Would be very narrow banded if you used a shunt-feed, but if you could use balanced line, that would tune the entire 40m band reasonably efficiently, however, an internal tuner thru coax would present a ton of loss.