[Elecraft] Re: Vertical antennas

[Chris Kantarjiev]

> 6. Don't expect very good performance on 80M. The antenna is short  
> and you are unlikely to be able to put in a good enough ground system  
> to make it very efficient. Still, it is better than no antenna.

Then again, you might have better performance than you expect. I don't
have room on my roof for 80m radials, so I don't have any on my 6BTV. 
I put it up when I only had a KX1, so I didn't care. 

I got my K2 on the air shortly after the antenna, and started finding
that 80m was sometimes useful when no other bands were. Performance
isn't *great* by any means, but I worked VK9 with 5W last month!

The Hustler antennas are compromise antennas. But they are better
than no antenna ... a *lot* better. Very good value for money.

73 de chris K6DBG