DX Engineering HEXXAGONAL BEAM Mark 2, Instructions Manual

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HEXXAGONAL BEAM Features
The
DX Engineering HEXXAGONAL BEAM Mark 2 design has a number of important
advantages over a Yagi:
● Small turning radius -
the HEXXAGONAL BEAM Mark 2 has a turning radius of 11'
● Gain
- 5 dBi (3 dBd), depending on band - similar to 2 element Yagi, far exceeding
performance of multi-band mini-beams
● Front-to-Back
- >20 dB, depending on band
● Balanced in the wind
- Hexxagonal symmetry reduces torque on the rotor
● Light weight
- fully assembled - less than 25 pounds
● Wind load
- less than 5 square feet
● Can be turned with a light duty rotator
- no need to spend big dollars
● Performs well at low heights -
good results at 20 to 30 feet above ground
● Five Band g
ain and front-to-back - can meet or exceeds other small antennas
● Handles full legal limit power
– no power restriction as on competing antennas
● Low Noise results
- approaches performance of closed loop antennas
● Full length pre-cut elements
- no lossy coils or traps
● Five-Band Stainless Steel/PTFE Rigid Feeder System
(US Patent No. 8,669,91, US Patent No.
D624,060, British Patent No. GB248003 B)
● Requires no matching network
- direct single 50 ohm coax feed
● New, easier and faster assembly
- fewer parts to speed completion of the antenna project
HEXXAGONAL BEAM Kits
DXE-HEXX-5TAP-2 - The DX Engineering HEXX BEAM Mark 2 - Five-Band Total Antenna
Package consists of these four kits:
DXE-HEXX-1HBP HEXXAGONAL BEAM Hub package
(US Patent No. D605,184)
DXE-HEXX-1SCP-2 HEXXAGONAL BEAM Spreader & Center Post package
DXE-HEXX-5FFP HEXXAGONAL BEAM 5-Band Stainless Steel/PTFE Rigid
Feeder System
(US Patent No. 8,669,91, US Patent No. D624,060, British Patent No.
GB248003 B)
DXE-HEXX-5WRP-2 HEXXAGONAL BEAM 5-band Wire Element & Wire Guide
package
DXE-HEXX-1TAP-2 - The DX Engineering HEXX BEAM 1-Band Total Antenna Package
consists of these three kits:
DXE-HEXX-1HBP HEXXAGONAL BEAM Hub package
(US Patent No. D605,184)
DXE-HEXX-1SCP-2 HEXXAGONAL BEAM Spreader & Center Post package
DXE-HEXX-1WRP-2 HEXXAGONAL BEAM 1-band Wire Element & Wire Guide
package