Kelly,
Your ground system may be worse than you think..or maybe
you have geographical disadvantages. My ground mounted
HF9V allows me to work DX on 80 meters.
It's not going to compete against a quarter-wave vertical or
even the HF2V, but I don't think it "sucks" given it's a
compromise antenna for 80m. In fact, it's one of the better
ones out there compared to other commercial multiband
antennas in the same class.
Jeff, KI0RO
On Sunday 17 February 2002 11:10, Kelly Taylor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an HF6V, which I realize, despite all Butternut's protestations to
> the contrary, is really just a base-loaded vertical on 80. It's
> ground-mounted.
>
> It SUCKS on 80! And I have a not bad ground system under it. I know that
> improving the ground system will help somewhat, but I'm afraid the
> difference won't be enough. It will elevate it from being a ABSOLUTELY
> AWFUL 80 meter antenna to being merely a NOT QUITE ABSOLUTELY AWFUL 80
> meter antenna. Either way, it's still awful. (Sorry for all these technical
> terms.)
>
> (How bad is it? Let's just say that I have trouble being heard by W0AIH.)
>
> Has anyone compared a ground-mounted HF6V to one that is elevated with
> elevated radials?
>
> Or does anyone have any other ideas, short of discounting the HF6V as an
> 80-meter antenna altogether and buying a W1XT?
>
> 73,kelly
> ve4xt
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