[Antennas] Butternut

Wed, 5 Mar 2003 19:42:13 -0600

At one of the local swapmeets I picked up a "needs work"
Butternut vertical. It appears to be a HF6V. What is the 
length of the RG/11 matching element supposed to be and 
does anyone have any ideas on a set of multiband radials
which would work on 80/40/30/20/15/10m. Anyone used 
"trap" radials ?  You still get the advantage of the Butternut
"trapless" vertical design and you only need 4 radials. This 
is for above ground mounting ...maybe 20ft off the ground. 

73  Kees K5BCQ 