[Towertalk] GAO Challenger DX

[Dinsterdog@aol.com (Dinsterdog@aol.com)]

I feel a Hustler 5BTV would outperform the Challenger on the low bands but be 
beat on the higher freqs.............Low angle beats out dipoles on long range 
DX, especially on the low bands-  I worked a 5BTV from a backyard in France 
without radials working grayline 40/80M DX stateside with no problems...a 
neighbor down the road had a Gap and seldom  worked stateside and never ever on 
80M...........the 5BTV is the most under-rated antenna out there- they should 
double the price and it might get the attention it deserves- BTW, use radials 
if you can and throw out these independent of radial verticals-  You might as 
well buy a car without tires-  

73 Paul  N0AH