Hi, am late in replying, but will handle a kw, it's mounted on my
clothes line pole about 5 feet from the ground, and is 33 feet in height.
Curt
W B 6 H E F
Fessenden, North Dakota; 58438-7300
At 08:37 PM 11/28/2011, you wrote:
>Hi;
>How tall is this thing and did you ground mount or roof mount
>it? What is its power rating?
>Thanks
>Richard
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Curtis Delzer <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date: Saturday, Nov 26, 2011 09:10:54 PM
>Subject: Re: Thinking of an HF vertical
>
> >
> >
> > another terrific vertical for 40 to 6 meters is the Hygain 640/AV
> > which I have here and it truly works great. No radials!
> >
> >
> >
> > At 12:15 PM 11/21/2011, you wrote:
> > >Michael,
> > >
> > >Although I haven't had any experience with either of the antennas you
> > >mentioned, I did at one time have a Butternut 18AVQ, which was supposed to
> > >work on all bands from 80 through 10. In fairness to the
> antenna, I wasn't
> > >able to put down the kind of radial system stipulated in the
> manual, so the
> > >antenna probably didn't live up to anything like its full potential. That
> > >said, though, it worked very well on 20, and I found that I could use that
> > >band late at night, when it probably would otherwise have been closed. On
> > >other bands, though, the antenna was a very poor performer, with the worst
> > >case being 80 meters where it didn't work at all.
> > >
> > >In my opinion, the important thing to consider with a vertical
> is whether or
> > >not you want to deal with radials, and whether you want to have
> traps, which
> > >will make the bandwidth very narrow. In general, verticals seem to work
> > >better at higher frequencies, and in my experience, dipoles and other wire
> > >antennas perform better on the lower bands, with the possible exception of
> > >160 where many people like to use quarter-wave verticals.
> > >
> > >Again, I am quite sure I would have done better with a good radial system,
> > >but that's an important factor with most verticals.
> > >
> > >Steve
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Michael Ryan" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 12:00
> > >Subject: Thinking of an HF vertical
> > >
> > >
> > > > 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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