Ron,

My HF6V is nearly 25 years old and still working. It's
really showing its age, and I'm planning to replace it
with an HF9V later this year. They're not cheap, and
they're not easy to tune, but once you have them tuned
properly, they're the best performing verticals on the
market.

Butternut antennas do not have any horizontal components
like many of their competitors' antennas have. You will
need a good array of radials, however. Look up their web
site and read some of the technical explanations on how
and why vertical antennas do and don't work. It will be
an eye-opening experience.

No matter whose antenna you end up buying, I suggest that
you install stainless steel hardware right from the start,
rather than using the zinc-plated hardware that comes
with the antenna. It won't cost much, and it will save
you the trouble later.

73,
Dean K5DH


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Hi again all,

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


RON KA2IIA
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