I used to have a 70 ft tower with a c31xl and a dual band 12/17 yagi on it. It crushed the DX. That setup was moved from Nebraska to NJ by a friend who installed it at his QTH. When he sold the QTH, the new owner got the tower and beams. I would venture to say if he were in the VK0 or FT4 pile ups, he was successful.
He was.
That new owner was me!! I bought Mike's house, and that must be your old LM-470 and C31XR in my back yard!
You Sir do NOT have an average setup! That combination rocks. The worm drive on the tower is great and the antennas are awesome. Mike does a first rate instillation too, so you should be good for ever.... I'm glad it's being used to its full advantage
What are the odds, eh? I love the C31XR. That beast plays like there's no tomorrow on 15 and 20 when there's propagation.
Yes, Mike's installation is solid, although I intend to change out my feedlines this year. He put it up in October 2005, a week after Kure went QRT. Greg (Mike's friend and assistant) strung a sloping 20m dipole in a tiny cedar tree for me to work Kure, which I did--once.
It's also exhibiting a very significant mechanical resonance wobble as it goes through the 60' mark. Did you also have the Force-12 2/2/1 up there? If so that was probably yours as well. I added a Delta-240 about 8 years ago and put a 15' mast in there. I still get beat like a rented mule to Europe, Africa, South America and the Indian/Southern oceans but that's topography. A 25' trapped tribander on the other side of the hill I'm behind (which I've nicknamed Mount Doom) will beat me clean every time in those directions.