Your hustler idea is exactly what I've run for almost a year now and while
on the 75 meter NTS nets I get in to it hurts bad because everyone's too
close, I had to put up a wire for there, for DX, even on 75 though band
width is extremely narrow, it plays pretty good. I didn't get the DX
engineering package, I have their 17 meter add on kit, that's it but the
only band I can't get the antenna to play on and being about 5 feet from my
metal sided house I know is the reason is 10 meters. I'm sure if I had it
over the roof it would play there and I'm trying for low profile so I have
it ground mounted and may try it mounted to the sun room at some point, that
will use the house for a ground plain, that will either work gangbusters or
be a complete fail, I just haven't had a chance to do it and probably won't
get to it any time soon. With about 25 radials at about 30 feet though, the
SWR is good on all bands, needs a little touch up with the tuner on 40 but
looking online they all do, and it sure works well. Most of my radials
disappeared too, there's a couple that I have connected to a metal rail
under my house and those aren't staying down flat so I'll have to fix them
before lawn mowing season but I'm very happy with that antenna.
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From: "Michael Ryan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 8:51 PM
Subject: Fwd: Inverted L MP3 test
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>> From: Michael Ryan <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: 28 January, 2013 10:13:12 PM NST
>> To: Michael Ryan <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Inverted L MP3 test
>>
>> Hi Kelvin:
>>
>> That L sounded vary impressive.
>> I'm in the process of planning and hoping to construct a cabin this
>> spring where I hope to setup my FT-102 as either a weekender station, or
>> maybe sell it and set up a remote station and I'm considering as my
>> antenna the Hustler 5BTV.
>> So how about this put down say 22 radials at around 18/20 feet long
>> attaching them to your vertical and then test that one against the L?
>> I'm thinking though, with how that L sounded, I might save my self 300
>> canadian dollars and spend 300 into the L instead of 600 into the DX
>> Engineering Hustler package.
>> See if you got time for a shoot out like that, I'd be vary interested in
>> the results.
>> Also, vary good work with the testing and evaluations, I took the liberty
>> of reading down through a few..
>>
>> 73:
>>
>> Michael DE VO1AX
>> P S
>> Maybe you could also look at the Icom 7410 and the RS-BA1 software?
>>
>>
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