I bought a silent keys shack and included was a hustler btv5 antenna. I tried it when I first got it and was not impressed. It’s been hanging around on the shed roof and I thought maybe I didn’t give it a fair shake. So I put it up again today.
This time i thought I’d follow all the directions. I drove a stake in the ground and mounted the feed point an inch off the ground and ran a set of radials for each band. Tuned it for swr and sat down to check it against my ocfd.
I’m still not impressed. Overall for a single stick in the air it’s ok. It’s for sure better than a dummy load. Keep in mind what I’m comparing it to, 135’ wire 60’ in the air. So I suppose all things in mind, it’s not bad.
I wouldn’t order one unless I just had to have one to fit in a small space however, the longest ground radial is 64’ each direction so there’s that to keep in mind. I’ll play with it some more but it’ll come down I’m sure sometime tomorrow.
This time i thought I’d follow all the directions. I drove a stake in the ground and mounted the feed point an inch off the ground and ran a set of radials for each band. Tuned it for swr and sat down to check it against my ocfd.
I’m still not impressed. Overall for a single stick in the air it’s ok. It’s for sure better than a dummy load. Keep in mind what I’m comparing it to, 135’ wire 60’ in the air. So I suppose all things in mind, it’s not bad.
I wouldn’t order one unless I just had to have one to fit in a small space however, the longest ground radial is 64’ each direction so there’s that to keep in mind. I’ll play with it some more but it’ll come down I’m sure sometime tomorrow.
