I own a hex beam and I agree with Mike. For example, I am located in the Seattle region and I can easily work virtually the entire country and everything beyond in that easterly direction without ever changing my hex beam direction. Sure, I could probably get a stronger signal by pointing directly at some location if I am otherwise operating off at a larger angle but most often this does not matter. The hex beam frontal lobe is pretty broad.
So, I rarely rotate my hex beam. But, wouldn't it be nice to have a 7-element (or more) Yagi where being dead-on in direction really counts! Unfortunately, I do not have the room for such an antenna (unless I was operating 2-meters or higher). 73, phil, K7PEH P.S. By the way, I use a regular Radio Shack antenna rotator and it has been operating flawlessly since I put it up in 2005. The rotator cost me $69 brand new. On Nov 13, 2012, at 4:54 AM, Mike K2MK <k...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Ron, > > If you've never used a rotator before I think you'll be more than happy > enough to let your fingers do the control of the rotator. I have a G-450A at > the bottom of a 30 foot mast for my hex beam and am very happy with it. Hex > beams are not so directional that you have to change the direction for every > station you work so it's really not important to me to have my PC turn the > antenna constantly. > > The G-450A is a perfect companion for a hex beam. You may want to join the > Hex Beam Yahoo group for additional opinions. > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hex-beam/ > > 73, > Mike K2MK > > > > Ron Midwin-3 wrote >> I'm considering a Hex Beam antenna with the rotator at the bottom of a 30 >> foot mast. The Hex Beam company recommends a Yaesu G450 A rotator or >> equivalent. Since I've not used a rotator before, I'm looking for >> recommendations on one that might be more compatible with my K3? >> >> This is regarding controlling the rotator from the shack. Any comments >> would be appreciated. >> >> -- >> Ron Midwin >> AE6RH > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Antenna-Rotator-tp7565527p7565542.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
