Hy-Gain DX-88
Well, it happened again, the base element of my DX-88 vertical antenna broke again. This time, however, the antenna itself was rather innocent.
The Hy-Gain DX-88 is a good multi-band vertical antenna for 80-10m including the WARC bands. Although it is a rather old design, it performs very well and has given me many good DX on all HF bands. The antenna consists of sveral resonant sections, which can be individually tuned for best SWR on each band. One exception is the 40 and 80 meter bands, which are somehow coupled to each other. As with many other antennas the bandwidth is rather small on 80 meters, nevertheless it is quite adequate for CW use. Note: This antenna is currently not functional after it has been disabled by a storm.
