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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
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