HEXBEAMS

[VE3WI Dave]

I really enjoyed Adam's presentation.  Building a hexbeam from scratch is impressive.

For anyone wanting to buy one, most if not all hexbeams for sale are based on the design by Steve Hunt G3TXQ (SK), that Adam described.  

Steve Hunt's website http://www.karinya.net/ is still up and has all his hexbeam info as well as a wealth of info on baluns and chokes.  He did hundreds of tests of different chokes and distilled the results into a great design chart.  Check it out:  http://www.karinya.net/g3txq/chokes/

I don't own a hexbeam but have done a little research:

The Cadillac of hexbeams is the VHQ. It's relatively new (23 reviews on eHam.net, 5 out of 5). Also the priciest (~$2300 CDN + shipping).
https://www.vhqhex.com/

The most popular hexbeam is probably the one manufactured by K4KIO (187 reviews on eHam.net, 4.9 out of 5).
https://www.k4kio.com/

Other USA manufacturers are:

N4ARR: https://k4hex.com/

DX Engineering: https://www.dxengineering.com/search/dep...Ahexagonal

MFJ: https://mfjenterprises.com/products/mfj-1848

There are also several European manufacturers.  

A complete list of all the hexbeams which have eHam reviews is at https://www.eham.net/reviews/view-category?id=11

73
Dave, VE3WI