Bart Bailey wrote:
In posted on Thu, 20 Jul
2006 20:58:18 GMT, Bart Bailey wrote:

I also considered the Butternut HF2V,
but thought for less outlay I could get five instead of two bands.
Maybe better to get two bands that work than five that don't.

The butternut will blow the doors off the hustler on 80 and 40.
The hustler verticals use the same lossy traps that the mobile
whips use. I think the resonators are exactly the same unless
they have changed them. I don't like their coils. They are overly
lossy for my tastes. Comparing my cheap homebrew coil directly
against the hustler coil is a large difference in performance.
I think of them as dummy loads on a stick, but to each his own
I guess. I have some of those resonators laying around here I get
free. I won't use em... No way... They collect dust. I guess I
should give them away to someone else...
For 5-6 etc bands, the HF6V is quite a bit more efficient than the
hustler. Not a big deal on the higher bands so much, but the
low bands will separate the sticked heater loads vs the radiators
of RF... :/ OF course , both of those needs either radials on the
ground, or tuned radials if elevated. The "1/2" wave type R7's. etc
might well be a pretty good option. I've worked quite a few of
those, and used one at field day, and they work pretty well.
Not as good as a HF2V on 80m, but maybe close on 40m..
Just depends on the setup. It is handy not requiring radials
to function..
MK