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I have a Hustler amateur mobile antenna model RM-80 for 80 Meter 25-30 KHz.
Can anybody tell me the length of the counterpoise needed for this model? A 1/4 wave counterpoise would be about 65 feet or 20 meters. Mobile antennas use the vehicle body as a counterpoise. Your 65' wire or a vehicle used as a counterpoise will not produce very good results, because the efficiency of the short radiator is only a couple of percent. As an option, a really good performing portable 80m antenna that I have used many times is an inverted vee supported by one of those 33' fiberglass poles. It is fed with 450 ohm line and a tuner. The vee is 50' (15 meters) per leg. You will need about 80'-90' to spread the vee. That's a lot of space, but you will need 65' for the counterpoise for the Hustler. It will beat the Hustler-counterpoise idea significantly, and you can QSY all over the band. With a Hustler you have a narrow bandwidth. Good luck and DX. 73 Gary N4AST |
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