[TowerTalk] 6BTV vs HF2Vvsr DX Engineering 10-80 vertical, or Force 12 flagpole

[Tom Anderson]

Kelly:

I've heard that from others too.

HUmmmmmmm may have to look at the HF2V a little closer.  Course my backyard won't permit radials that long, 30 foot maybe, but I guess some radials are better than none.

A little tale.  Years ago I was on the comms staff of the Longhorn Boy Scout Council's council camporee where we had about 2,000 Boy and Cub Scouts.  We had a 4BTV with no radials hooked up to a TS120S as a demo HF station. It was also a long way from the station/tent to the porta potties, so we just went out back in the woods 50-75 feet away and "created a good salt water ground" at the base of the 4BTV hi hi (yes this is a true tale).  Well 20 meters was booming and all of a sudden we heard Jacky 5T5?? on Mauritus in the Indian Ocean booming in on 20m on that no radial 4 BTV. About 10 of us fought over the mike to work him and he stayed around long enough to work all of us. hi hi.  Jacky was also my first 5T5 contact ever.

Course the 6BTV was free hi hi.

Tnx de Tom, WW5L


--- On Thu, 9/16/10, Kelly Taylor <theroadtrip at mts.net> wrote:

> From: Kelly Taylor <theroadtrip at mts.net>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 6BTV vs HF2Vvsr DX Engineering 10-80 vertical, or Force 12 flagpole
> To: "Ryan Jairam" <rjairam at gmail.com>, "Tom Anderson" <andersonww5l at sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
> Date: Thursday, September 16, 2010, 8:58 PM
> I have a 5BTV and shouting at the
> trees works better than the 5BTV...
> 
> (on 80).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 9/16/10 8:43 PM, "Ryan Jairam" <rjairam at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I have a 6BTV and my inverted vee works better on 80.
> > 
> > Ryan, N2RJ
> > 
> > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Tom Anderson
> > <andersonww5l at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> >> Fellow Tower Talkians:
> >> 
> >> A friend of mine gave me a Hustler 6BTV vertical
> which I was planning on
> >> using to supplement my 40/80 inverted vee at 50
> feet and my Tennadyne T-10
> >> log periodic.
> >> 
> >> Just wondering how the 6BTV plays against
> something like a Butternut HF2V, DX
> >> Engineering's 40 ft 10-80 vertical, or Force 12s
> flagpole vertical? Looking
> >> mainly for something decent on 40/80.
> >> 
> >> Tom, WW5L
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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