Now with pre-slit fiberglass tubing for easy
assembly!
Build the G3TXQ Broadband Design Hexxagonal Beam
with
Highest Quality Engineering and Components - Why Buy Less?
The
5-band DX Engineering HEXXAGONAL BEAM is a directional beam antenna kit made
with fiberglass spreaders and wire elements for the 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 meter
bands. It looks like a very large inverted umbrella frame. Even at
22 feet wide and approximately 5 feet tall, it has a smaller turning radius than
a two element 20 meter Yagi, and offers several enhanced operating
characteristics. It may be mounted at the top of a rotatable mast or directly
into a light to medium duty rotator. This antenna is fed at the top of the
center post with a single 50 ohm feedline. This top fed feedpoint arrangement
has been proven to function better than a bottom feedpoint connection. All cable
is Belden 8267 (Mil Spec RG-213/U), guaranteeing UV resistance and maximum power
handling.
The DX Engineering HEXX antenna can offer gain and
front-to-back performance that exceeds your expectations for a 2 element beam,
as its unique shape is much smaller, better balanced and has been reported to
receive less noise than typical beams. This lighter, easier to handle antenna
can be rotated with a light duty rotator, and it performs well, even when it is
not mounted very high above the ground.
The Best Fully
Illustrated Step-by-Step Contruction ManualWith the DX
Engineering HEXX antenna and kits you can build your antenna with a broadband
U-shaped reflector for better coverage of the bands with low SWR. This is only
one of the dramatic improvements of the
G3TXQ broadband design
over the classic dual-w hex beam antenna.
A "Priceless" Rugged
Cast Aluminum HEXX Hub - Complete!
At the center of the new HEXX
antenna is the exclusive DX Engineering
patent pending cast aluminum
HEXX
Hub. This unique design may be used in the construction of either the
classic or G3TXQ broadband hex antennas.
Specially designed and mechanically superior to
available home-made base plate designs, the HEXX Hub has integral V-saddles and
Stainless Steel V-Bolt hardware to firmly attach the fiberglass spreaders in
proper alignment without drilling or crushing. The upper and lower mast mounts
are integrally cast into the hub, eliminating the need to find separate mounting
flanges, reducing assembly time, improving mast alignment and providing a far
stronger, heavy duty attachment for the mast. The mast will fit directly
into most antenna rotators.
Finest Quality, Modern Design Antenna
Components - not "Hardware"
For the rest of the antenna frame,
high quality stainless steel element clamps rigidly hold the telescoping
fiberglass sections at the correct lengths without drilling holes. Exclusive DX
Engineering stainless steel element clamps with studs provide secure attachment
points for the driven element feed points without drilling.
The unique
Floating Element Wire Guides allow independent movement of the radiating wire
elements and flexible fiberglass spreaders in the wind without creating breaking
stresses.
The Floating Wire Guide tubing material is a polymer developed
for carrying fuel under extreme environmental conditions. Both UV and heat
stabilized, it exhibits exceptional retention of properties after prolonged
exposure in outdoor weathering and high temperatures. It also offers the
lowest moisture absorption of any commercially available tubing of its
type.
These special Wire Guides are attached to the spreaders without
drilling, for a stronger, longer lasting antenna.
Full Time
Experienced Tech Support - Email or Call!
Hexxagonal Beam Antenna Instructions (1.45M pdf)
The DX Engineering HEXXAGONAL BEAM design has a number of important advantages over a yagi:
●Gain - approx 5 dBi (3 dBd), depending on band - similar to 2-element Yagi, far exceeding performance of mutiband mini-beams
●Front-to-Back - >20 dB, depending on band
(See G3TXQ test data at
http://www.karinya.net/g3txq/hexbeam/multi_perform/)
●Small turning radius - the HEXXAGONAL BEAM has a turning radius of 11 feet
●Wind load - approximately 5 sq. ft.
●Balanced in the wind - Hexxagonal symmetry reduces torque on the rotor
●Light weight - fully assembled - less than 25 pounds
●Can be turned with a light duty rotor - no need to spend big dollars
●Performs well at low heights - good results at 20 to 30 feet above ground
●Five Band gain and front-to-back - can meet or exceed other small antennas
●Handles Full Legal Limit Power – no power restriction as on competing antennas
●Has full length elements - no lossy coils or traps
●Low Noise results - approaches performance of closed loop antennas
●Requires no matching network - direct single 50 ohm coax feed
; "HEXXAGONAL BEAM 5-Band Total Antenna Package")
