[Antennas] All You Ever Wanted To Know About A Hustler 5-BTV Vertical !

[Pastor-kc1di]

 Insulated verses Non insulated will not make any difference in the worki=
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of the antenna. only in how long the raidials will last in the ground . a=
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there is no need to cut them exactly to frequency when place on on in the
ground.  the more the better from an antenna efficiency point of view.  I
Used a 4 BTV with 120 buried radial for years and it worked great.  all
radial were cut to 35 ft.  Had to retune a bit.=0D
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A god source of information on radial systems and myth about them can be
found on the Bencher web sight at :http://www.bencher.com/pdfs/00803ZZV.p=
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Hope this is of some help,=0D
73 Dave KC1DI=0D
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From: W1GOR=0D
Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 22:15:43=0D
To: antennas@mailman.qth.net=0D
Subject: Re: [Antennas] All You Ever Wanted To Know About A Hustler 5-BTV
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Dan,=0D
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I agree with your comments regarding the elevated radials... However,=0D
Hustler's instructions specify insulated buried radials. With the heavy=0D
clay soils here, I really didn't want to do all of the work involved in=0D
laying the radials more than ONCE...<grin>. The final result, using fully=
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insulated radials, and cut to the lengths listed in the instruction sheet=
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is that the 6-BTV meets or exceeds Hustler's specifications. Ya jest=0D
cain't ask fer moah, now kin ya...? A'yuh...!=0D
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73, Larry - W1GOR=0D
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