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Beam Antennas

I must admit.. one of my early fascinations about ham radio was with antennas. I remember making a 6 meter loop and running my IC-706 in my Brookfield, Illinois home on a 60 foot wide lot. Can you say "Hello neighbor"? Try six meters on a homemade loop antenna on the porch at about gutter height. I worked some NJ some Texas and Florida as I recall. I also learned my first lesson about RFI. My solution was to move to a 5 acre lot in the next state. Sort of.... Here you'll see the beam antennas that I've used both at home and on trips.

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BEAM Antennas @ AE9B

Force 12 C4SXL

This is the second Force 12 antenna I have owned. My first (a C3SS) performed just fine and operated on the same mast (about 60 feet high) as this C4SXL. I have had only good experiences with Force 12 and the antennas seem to perform as expected. The 40M (2 linear loaded elements) is a very good performer for stateside contacts but perhaps an underperformer for DX and has a narrow bandwidth.

Wilson Tribander

This small trapped tribander was picked up at a local ham meeting. The intention was to get a second beam antenna available for either 10 or 15 meters operating position. I paid $100.00 dollars for this used antenna and it has served us well at multi op contests as well as on portable operations.

4 El 20M

This is a very large (45 foot Boom) 4 element 20M beam antenna. This is owned by the Kansas City DX Club and club contest stations are allowed to use it. We have had it up on a temporary tower at my place a couple of times. It is a real winner. This antenna allowed us to run 20M for prolonged time frames due to its gain.

10 EL 2 M

Although dwarfed by the C4SXL, the Cushcraft 10 El 2 meter beam was originally installed for potential 2M SSB operation. I've never really used it very much and don't need it for local FM work because I have the GP9 vertical. It will remain up there until I either need it or need the space for something else.

Cushcraft 10S
I'll get a picture for this some time. It is the small profile 10M antenna that I originally used on my rooftop at my home in Brookfield, Illinois. I also tuned it for 6M and 15M,20M. Its real small and an underperformer but it get you on the air and is not much more obtrusive than a TV antenna.

	BEAM Antennas @ AE9B
Force 12 C4SXL	This is the second Force 12 antenna I have owned. My first (a C3SS) performed just fine and operated on the same mast (about 60 feet high) as this C4SXL. I have had only good experiences with Force 12 and the antennas seem to perform as expected. The 40M (2 linear loaded elements) is a very good performer for stateside contacts but perhaps an underperformer for DX and has a narrow bandwidth.
Wilson Tribander	This small trapped tribander was picked up at a local ham meeting. The intention was to get a second beam antenna available for either 10 or 15 meters operating position. I paid $100.00 dollars for this used antenna and it has served us well at multi op contests as well as on portable operations.
4 El 20M	This is a very large (45 foot Boom) 4 element 20M beam antenna. This is owned by the Kansas City DX Club and club contest stations are allowed to use it. We have had it up on a temporary tower at my place a couple of times. It is a real winner. This antenna allowed us to run 20M for prolonged time frames due to its gain.
10 EL 2 M	Although dwarfed by the C4SXL, the Cushcraft 10 El 2 meter beam was originally installed for potential 2M SSB operation. I've never really used it very much and don't need it for local FM work because I have the GP9 vertical. It will remain up there until I either need it or need the space for something else.
Cushcraft 10S	I'll get a picture for this some time. It is the small profile 10M antenna that I originally used on my rooftop at my home in Brookfield, Illinois. I also tuned it for 6M and 15M,20M. Its real small and an underperformer but it get you on the air and is not much more obtrusive than a TV antenna.