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Vinnie S. wrote:
On 15 Nov 2005 23:07:05 GMT, Steveo wrote:
Cool, are you going to ground mount that hustler or elevate it?
Radials? I've always been curious as to how well those things work
when they are so close to the ground.
Hey Enzo, did you get it all hooked up yet?
Mounting (ground mount with 3 radials on 20-40-80M) the antenna was easy.
Tuning is was a bitch. I missed the portion of the directions on tuning
the antenna, because it was poorly placed. Almost hidden-like. Anyway, I
tuned it backwards 80M and down. I got it pretty close. Then the next
day, I tuned it 10M and up. All was fine except for 20M, which was about
2.0 across the band. So I called up Hustler-Newtronics, and the tech
immediately sent me a 20M calibration sheet. Worked like a charm. I have
all the bands well under 2, and 80M is 1.2 at the center General
frequency, and I get about 80Khz bandwidth before my SWR goes to 3.0.
That is excellent for 80M.
Also, for the price of $170, the construction is rock solid. If I were to
build my own antenna like this, it just wouldn't come out as good.
Vinnie S.
Thanks, does it listen and talk too?
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