Roof Mount Butternut HF-9V
 

Just thought I would plumb the vast experience of you all before I lug this
bad boy on either my 20 ft garage or on the 35 foot roof of my house.

I am torn between setting this up as a ground mount with the usual ground
radial system or to set it up as a roof mount with the Butternut stub-tuned
radial kit. If the radial kit gives good performance it might be worth it
to try to deal with the roof mount as I do get the antenna up over the trees
with this configuration.

Anyone had any luck with this set up?


Thanks,


ME
KB0DER

"Matthew Emme" wrote in message
...
Just thought I would plumb the vast experience of you all before I lug
this
bad boy on either my 20 ft garage or on the 35 foot roof of my house.

I am torn between setting this up as a ground mount with the usual ground
radial system or to set it up as a roof mount with the Butternut
stub-tuned
radial kit. If the radial kit gives good performance it might be worth it
to try to deal with the roof mount as I do get the antenna up over the
trees
with this configuration.

Anyone had any luck with this set up?


Thanks,


ME
KB0DER

No experience with it but Bencher now offers a counterpoise for the
Butternut which may help. I ground mounted my Butternut about a dozen feet
from my operating position and that resulted in some difficulty with RF in
the shack messing with my computer. So whatever location gets the antenna
farthest away from the operating position is the one I would recommend.

Chuck W6PKP

"Matthew Emme" wrote in message
...
Just thought I would plumb the vast experience of you all before I lug
this
bad boy on either my 20 ft garage or on the 35 foot roof of my house.

I am torn between setting this up as a ground mount with the usual ground
radial system or to set it up as a roof mount with the Butternut
stub-tuned
radial kit. If the radial kit gives good performance it might be worth it
to try to deal with the roof mount as I do get the antenna up over the
trees
with this configuration.

Anyone had any luck with this set up?


Thanks,


ME
KB0DER

I once talked to a German station on 20 m with a gangbusters signal. Guy had
a vertical on the roof of an apartment building. What does Butternut say
about adding real radials?

Tam/WB2TT

Matthew Emme wrote:
Just thought I would plumb the vast experience of you all before I lug this
bad boy on either my 20 ft garage or on the 35 foot roof of my house.

I am torn between setting this up as a ground mount with the usual ground
radial system or to set it up as a roof mount with the Butternut stub-tuned
radial kit. If the radial kit gives good performance it might be worth it
to try to deal with the roof mount as I do get the antenna up over the trees
with this configuration.

Anyone had any luck with this set up?


Thanks,


ME
KB0DER

My two cents worth:

Used an HF9V at 20 feet with no radials for quite a while. Great SWR,
and gave me good results on both transmit and receive.

Used a trapped vertical - 5-BTV I think it was - on top of a five story
apartment building with no radials at all, and it was dynamite!

Why not put it on the roof, tune it, try it out, then add the radials if
you find/feel you need them?

73
Dave
N0HNJ

I had a Roof Mounted HF6V for almost 15 years. I used 2 radials per
band on the roof and it worked peach. It got ruined in transit and
been looking to replace it. But I bought mine New for 106.00 and now
look at the price. Used ones run more than what I paid new :). I
find it hard to get one now HI HI.