Hi again all,

It looks like I'm going to get a Butternut HF9VX vertical to replace my 25
year old Hustler 5BTV. I looked at Gap verticals, but in all the pictures I've
seen, they seem to have some kind of horizontal array at the bottom. I plan on
ground mounting this thing, and I'm afraid someone will trip on the array and
destroy it. My old Hustler had no horizontal elements at ground level, and in
all the pics I've seen of the Butternut verticals, it looks like there is
nothing sticking out at the bottom either. Is there anything at the bottom of
the Butternuts, and what's your experience with them ???


RON KA2IIA
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