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August 03, 2002

Chuck,

Just wanted to drop you a note about my newly installed T8. I have had it up for two months now, all I can say is, WOW! I finally found out how much fun HF really is when you can hear those weak, rare stations. I cannot say enough about the antenna. Assembly took about four hours, good friend and fellow ham KB2NQW (George) helped me out on Sunday, we started about noon and had it on the tower by 4 that afternoon. SWR is no greater than 1.5:1.

The thing that has impressed me is the fact that I can run low power, 100 watts, and get such great signal reports, which helps out the neighbors and chance of TVI complaints. I have a good friend in Parksville, BC, VE7JH (Harry), that I talked to every night on 17 or 20 with my super loop wire. I have always had good reports from Harry, but when the bands get bad he can barely copy me. Since I installed the T8, we have never missed a QSO and when the bands are out, we still have Q5 copy.

Harry uses your T10 LP, and has had his up for many years now. Harry was instrumental in having me choose the T8, and he was right. As a Radio Officer in the Canadian Navy doing several tours in the Antarctic at listening posts, he has tried them all, and will use only the TENNADYNE T10.

Thanks again for building such a great antenna.

Phillip G. Zavagli KG4LRU
Louisville, KY
 

"Mother Nature, in the form of winter, recently (Feb., 2002) paid a visit to Dan's (K0DAN) Missouri QTH.  She coated his TENNADYNE T10 with an inch of ice."

"A cold and icy beginning at K0DAN"

"Hanging in there
on the 2nd day"

"Aaahh!
Sunshine!"

Warren Dean
K7JWD

73/DX    Bill    W0YDB

In March of 2000 it was my privilege to be part of an effort by many hams to rescue Willem van Tuijl.   Willem was a victim of piracy on the high seas off the coast of Honduras.  He had received a very serious gunshot wound at the hands of those pirates. His father, Jacco, KH2TD was alone on his sailboat motoring toward shore—a very long trip—after his wounded son and his wife were taken off the boat by Honduran authorities.  Willem was taken to Porto Limpera where local doctors evaluated his condition and were unable to help him.  I contacted Jacco on his sailboat and offered my help.  My signal was very strong.  He didn’t know where his son and wife were—nor did he know what his son’s condition was. 

A United States medevac helicopter was sent to pick up mother and son to transport them to La Ceiba, Honduras where medical facilities were much better.  I (with the help of the U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa) called the hospital in La Ceiba and was able to phonepatch Jacco and his wife Janni together.  Willem was in emergency surgery at that time.

Over the next three days I maintained contact with Jacco on his boat and in La Ceiba when he arrived there through the kind assistance of Hector, HR3HGB. I was able to co-ordinate the efforts to transport Willem via hospital jet to Children’s Medical Center in Dallas where he underwent further treatment.  Willem survived. Throughout this ordeal my signal was consistently S9+ 10 to 20 dB. 

Chuck—the Tennadyne T-8 Log Periodic that I am using played a very important role in rescuing this young man.  Many times Jacco told me that he was unable to hear anyone else but me.  I know that if I had been using an inferior antenna I would not have been able to perform the tasks required.  I was happy to see that my tower with the T-8 on top was filmed and made it to the 20/20 segment that dealt with this incident. It’s a great antenna. It’s the best directional multi-band HF antenna I’ve ever owned—and I’ve owned three and four element tribanders of several manufacturers—quads—you name it.  It has survived 85-MPH winds with no damage at 70 feet.

You should be proud of a great design.  It works.

 73, Ed Petzolt, K1LNC

E-mail to:  Tennadyne@ktc.com
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 9:55 AM
From:  Louis Sica, Jr.
Subject: Thanks again

Chuck:

Having an antenna with significant gain has opened up another aspect of the hobby for me: QRP DXing. Last night I worked California from here in Minnesota with 1 watt, EA8 with 3 watts, and KH5 with 5 watts. Which means I have 3 contacts that all qualify for the 1000 miles per watt award, and 3 continents for QRP WAC.

Thanks again for a great antenna.

Lou Sica AC0X
lsica@visi.com

September 28th, 1998

Tennadyne Antennas
HC 81, Box 347A
Junction, TX., 76849

Dear Tennadyne,

I just wanted to drop you a note regarding the performance of my T-6 log periodic antenna.

I live in SE Wyoming, where the wind and winter conditions demand a durable antenna. After researching several Yagi designed antennas, I decided to purchase a T-6 because of the single feedline and the lack of traps. I found this multiband log periodic to be an outstanding performer.

I used my 3 element tri-bander for comparison. The T-6 averaged 1-3 S-units louder in receive and 1-4 S-units better in signal reports from around the world.

Due to it's size, I found the 12 foot boom of the T-6 much easier to tower mount than the tribander with a longer and heavier presence. The slim elements of the T-6 were much easier to negotiate up the tower than the 'heavier tribander elements with the traps.

The SWR was a big surprise. At 25 feet, the match averaged 2:1; but when I mounted it on top of my 50 foot tower, the match was 1:1.3-5 throughout the band. The tribander SWR curves were much sharper and did not allow me to have a good match from end to end of the amateur bands like " the T-6 allowed.

The best news is how the antenna survived a steady 60 MPH north wind that gusted up to and over 80 MPH at times. The elements swayed back but held together. The next morning, the antenna had no signs of damage although my ground-mounted vertical was bent over and ruined.

It is great having such a big gun antenna in a small package. Enclosed, please find photos of the T-6 at sunset.

73     Paul Veal NØAH/7
Carpenter, WY., 82054

May 8, 1999
E-mail to:  Tennadyne@ktc.com

From:  Daniel Senie

I've asked you questions at one point or another over the last year or so.   I just wanted you to know that Matt Strelow, KC1XX and his company XX Towers installed a tower for me a week ago, and installed a T-10 antenna for me.

The performance of the T-10 has been outstanding.  I've gotten great reports from many folks, and have worked many new DXCC locations.  In some cases these were locations I'd never even been able to hear before, let alone work.

A few nights ago a number of folks from our local club were on 20 meters talking with club members who moved to Texas.  N1LN and N1YXU had just installed a tower and a T-10 as well, and we had a great time comparing antennas and signal strengths.   The two T-10 antennas worked fabulously.  We had S9 noise on the band, and both T-10s provided the gain to result in 20-over signals, using 100 watts at each end.

Thanks for making a great product.

Dan N1JEB
Bolton, MA