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I run 160m and 75m mobile with an 857 and an original bugcatcher with no tuner, just a lot of tap points.
Everyone always asks why I don't get a screwdriver so I wouldn't have to get out and tune.. well I don't wander too far from my freqs and I prefer the bugcatcher over a screwdriver.
so if you've got the real estate and don't mind the funny looks you WILL get, then go with a big antenna.... besides, it's nice to load it up QRO and watch the corona lighting up the highway on those winter nights
If you do decide on a screwdriver type antenna I highly suggest the Hi-Q line... sure they cost more but they perform way better.

<blockquote data-quote="QROdx" data-source="post: 389999" data-attributes="member: 25509">I run 160m and 75m mobile with an 857 and an original bugcatcher with no tuner, just a lot of tap points.Everyone always asks why I don&#039;t get a screwdriver so I wouldn&#039;t have to get out and tune.. well I don&#039;t wander too far from my freqs and I prefer the bugcatcher over a screwdriver.so if you&#039;ve got the real estate and don&#039;t mind the funny looks you WILL get, then go with a big antenna.... besides, it&#039;s nice to load it up QRO and watch the corona lighting up the highway on those winter nights <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />If you do decide on a screwdriver type antenna I highly suggest the Hi-Q line... sure they cost more but they perform way better.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="QROdx, post: 389999, member: 25509"] I run 160m and 75m mobile with an 857 and an original bugcatcher with no tuner, just a lot of tap points. Everyone always asks why I don't get a screwdriver so I wouldn't have to get out and tune.. well I don't wander too far from my freqs and I prefer the bugcatcher over a screwdriver. so if you've got the real estate and don't mind the funny looks you WILL get, then go with a big antenna.... besides, it's nice to load it up QRO and watch the corona lighting up the highway on those winter nights ;) If you do decide on a screwdriver type antenna I highly suggest the Hi-Q line... sure they cost more but they perform way better. [/QUOTE]

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