My 15 year old (or more) Arrow antenna has seen better days. Elements are faded, some are a bit bent, last director element on 440 is missing, coax and connector have been exposed to water briefly at various times, etc. I have the version with the built-in duplexer.
I've always used it handheld (but now that I know that there's a mounting bracket for it, that could change) and until I got an email from Patrick WD9EWK a few minutes ago about another topic, I didn't know that the Arrow was being used for linear sats :-)
So I'm looking to replace it, probably with the same model. I have considered the Alaska model, but I remember reading comments about how heavy it gets with handheld use. And I'm in EM85 (western NC) so that model is most likely excessive to my needs. And I could use it for linear birds, although the M^2 2M-440XP I already have is probably better for that.
I've never used an Elk, though, so I'm considering that as well. One question I've had is how different this antenna might be since both sets of elements are in the same plane, as opposed to the Arrow with 90 deg offset. Is there really much ascertainable difference in operating between the Arrow and the Elk?
Okay, I think I've tied up the BB enough for one day :-)
Philip N4HF