[Antennas] compare dx88 , butternut, or gap voyager

[Ed Tanton]

That's easy. None of 'em are going to present much 'PEDAL-TO-THE-METAL' 
so-*** of the three *** I'd pick the tallest: the DX-Voyager. The Butternut 
on 160 just adds a BASE loading coil, hm-m-mpf. I have no idea about the 
DX-88. I do know Hy-Gain adds a similar base loading coil on the Hy-Tower. 
Maybe they do the same on the DX-88. I THINK the DX-Voyager uses all of its 
structure (45 ft) including that 6' top-hat. I like the DX-V a bit more 
than most people on here, having used one on all three bands it covers: 
160, 80, & 40M.

It works OK on 160. Maybe a lot of radials for 160M would help the 
Butternut surpass it-haven't tried it, so I can't say. "Kurt N. Sterba" of 
"World Radio" antenna column fame sure does like the Butternut... but I 
don't know if he's tried it on 160M. The DX-V works pretty well on 80M, and 
very well on 40M. There is a noticeable difference between 40M and 160M 
with it. But-as I've said before: it goes up on a city lot; it works fine 
with 3 - 5 of what GAP calls a counter-poise; and even though marginal on 
160M, it beat loading my G5RV, and worked very well on the other two bands.

I hope that helps Paul.

At 05:32 PM 1/14/2004, paul wrote:

>which antenna would you recommend for 160 meter work?
>dx88 , butternut, or gap voyager  , thanks  paul w8jn
>
>///snip

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