[Elecraft] Re Vertical for portable use

[Tom W8JI]

<<<<QUESTION:
  this is a solo dxpedition, I am 75 years old.  the antenna farm will most 
likely be vertical and located right at the shore line.

What suggestions do you have for me to construct for antennas?

Susan>>>

Susan,

Without details like the bands you want to use and which bands are most 
important, it is difficult to answer.

Most answers you will get will probably be based on manufacturing 
advertisements and feelings rather than how things really work. 
Manufacturers through their advertisements have largely brainwashed us as a 
group on antennas.  :-)

The Butternut HF6V and Hustler 6BTV are about at the top of the all-band 
gain (80-10 meters) and have nearly identical performance. They both are 
trap verticals, although one of them pretends it does not have traps.

73 Tom