I have a Butternut HF6V-X ground mounted with 30 radials and a Butternut Butterfly Beam. Both show good SWR but when compared to my G5RV they show less RF output. Going through the same connectors an
I have a Butternut HF6V-X ground mounted with 30 radials and a Butternut Butterfly Beam. Both show good SWR but when compared to my G5RV they show less RF output. Going through the same connectors an
Gary, last night I added 5 feet of coax with a barrel connector. All fine now on 20 meters. I am getting full output on 20 without tuner and the radio is not drawing the high amps that were causing i
I have had a Butternut Butterfly Beam that has been up for about 10 years. The other day I went to use it on 20 meters and SWR was over 3.1. It had been under 2.1 almost flat on center of 20 meters p
Do any of you Gents know of a product that works like an anti-oxide compound like Butternuts anti-oxide that they include with the antennas they sell? It would have to be conductive. Would like a pro
Thanks to all for the great replies. Looks like it is off to Home Depot in the morning. Seems Noalox will do the trick. I am in the process of my antenna cleaning and coax replacement here at my QTH.
Went to Home Depot And Lowe's. I looked for NoAlox. I could not find it. When I asked for help they looked at me as if I was from Mars. What section of Home Depot did you guys find this stuff at? I c
Got lucky the Ideal Rep was at the store when I went back. He found it for me. The store sales people had no idea what it was. Now to replace coax this Monday. Off to the Air Show this weekend. Thank