Tom:
I was planning maybe 20 or so radials, if the antenna will work satisfactorily
with that number. I know one time at a Boy Scout function near Fort Worth a
ground of us used a 4BTV with a TS130S and no radials and ended up working
Jacky out on Mauritus in the Intian Ocean. It was a fight over the mkije hi hi,
but Jacky stayed around for all of us in the comms tent to work him.
Tom, WW5L
--- On Sun, 10/4/09, K3GM <k3gm_qrp@verizon.net> wrote:
> From: K3GM <k3gm_qrp@verizon.net>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Hustler 6BTV
> To: TowerTalk@contesting.com
> Date: Sunday, October 4, 2009, 3:05 PM
> I used one previously, ground
> mounted, a couple inches off the soil, and
> over a very large radial field. The antenna feedpoint
> impedance is around
> 50 ohms when mounted only on a pipe. Adding radials
> will cause the
> feedpoint impedance to drop, and when you get enough of
> them around the
> antenna, it will no longer resonate within the available
> bands. It becomes
> necessary to retune the traps. If this is the
> direction you're going (lots
> of radials), mark the traps before messing with them.
> Start from the bottom
> up. A little movement goes a long way!.....and resist the
> urge to trim the
> tubing even though it seems to make sense to do so..
>
>
> Tom Hybiske, K3GM
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Anderson" <andersonww5l@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 3:02 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Hustler 6BTV
>
>
> > Fellow Tower Talkians:
> >
> > I was recently given a Newtronics Hustler 6BTV in
> excellent comdition
> > (thanks to W5BOS). Anyone on Tower Talk
> currently using this antenna and
> > have any suggestions on using,installing it in a home
> QTH setting? Its
> > been 20 years since I used a vertical.
> >
> > I have a 50 ft. crankup with a 40/80 inverted vee and
> a Tennadyne T-10 log
> > periodic along witha Buddipole I use for traveling,
> but thought I'd use
> > the 6BTV as a supplementary and backup home antenna
> when sometimes
> > verticals seem to work better on 40/80 especially (yes
> it does happen!).
> >
> > Tom WW5L
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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