If buying new, the Butternut is twice the price of the Hustler. You do
get an extra band with the Butternut, but you can add more bands to
either antenna buy buying add-on kits, or doing it on the cheap by
adding parallel wires with standoffs.
I have a HF-6V here that I got used for $70 in the early 90's along
with extra kits for 12, 17, and 160 bands. It has a million parts,
looks like a 7th grade science fair project, and can be tricky to tune,
depending on installation.
However, it does work great and while unguyed, has withstood some
serious winds.
For the guy having trouble on 20 meters with his 6V: See the
troubleshooting section at the end of the manual, which you can download
from Bencher. Be sure all connections are clean and tight, that you
have proper 20 meter radials, and that the 75 ohm matching line is in
place. You may want to see if the same problem exists on 30 meters.
If I remember right, the 20 and 30 meter bands share the same
coil/capacitor assembly. Maybe there is a problem there.
73, Steve KW3A
On 11/21/2011 12:00 PM, Michael Ryan wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> I'm thinking of adding an HF vertical again.
> My G5RV hasn't exactly out performed my old windom, about equal except on 40, slight edge to the rv.
> It's in an inverted V, apex at 50 feet.
> So I'm looking at 2 verticals, the Hustler 5BTV and the Butternut HF 6V. Anyone familiar with these antennas? Will they outperform my RV in its present configuration?
>
> TNX& 73
> Michael De VO1RYN
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> Sent from my iPhone
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