Originally Posted by
NH7RO
I second WIK's nomination for a 10M Moxon; I used one the last year and a half that I was in KH6 and worked 144 DXCCs with it in that time.
They're about 70% of the width of a two element Yagi but have better F/B ratio and 5.5dbi gain at a reasonable height. Like Steve says, they're easy to build and you can use any type of wire that you can lay your hands on. I used Wal-Mart 10' fishing poles with the thinest section cut down a bit. For 10M you could use any kind of lumber or even PVC pipe since they're so small!
Google The Moxon Antenna Project for gobs of great info and lots of different Moxon builds. You can also see my old Moxon farm on my QRZ page, too.
If I had more room for more antennas here at the new QTH I'd put mine back up; in a word, Moxons rock!
73, Jeff
The Moxon's a great idea for 10m. I built one out of PVC tubing reinforced with fibreglas inside and #12 AWG THHN household electrical wire for a grand total of about $30 and it works very well for portable use, and only weighs maybe 3 lbs.
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