[Antennas] compare dx88 , butternut, or gap voyager

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 22:14:38 -0500

I've used all three. I'd buy the Butternut again in a heartbeat. Radials are the critical point however...band width was about 12
kHz but thats all I needed on CW on 160.
Bill Marx W2CQ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Tanton" <[email protected]>
To: "paul" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Antennas] compare dx88 , butternut, or gap voyager

> 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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