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Thoughts on HF verticals
nickcarr3151:
--- Quote from: 45auto on March 11, 2020, 2106 UTC ---I too am looking into an HF vertical. Only interested in the 10-40meter bands only.
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Stay away from these 'commercial' antennas. They're junk. Do searches for CHA250B and BB7V... you'll find glowing reviews but a few people dissected their components and found that most offer very little for their steep prices.
I highly recommend Zero-Five: https://zerofive-antennas.com/productdisplay/10-40-meter-groundplane-freestanding-vertical-antenna-unun
(This is the antenna I have...)
Looking-Glass:
Most HF verticals (multi band) are substitute dummy loads, careful consideration and lots of time spent reading reviews on them are required before parting with your hard earned money.
Lossy traps are an issue, some have ground radials (a bit better performance wise) which require some space in your back yard.
Butternut, Diamond and Cushcraft seem to be the key players in this field, personally, I don't have much time for them.
See what the "leading" DXpeditions use and go from there... 8)
Pigmeat:
If you live out in the boonies w/ a lot of tall trees around the shack nothing can beat a vertical. Unfortunately, those places are getting hard to find.
Matt285:
I wish I had tall trees. I'd throw up more horizontal wires. At my last QTH I had a nice tall pine about 80' tall and sloped a OCF down to about 30'. Great setup.
redhat:
--- Quote from: Looking-Glass on March 13, 2020, 2318 UTC ---Most HF verticals (multi band) are substitute dummy loads, careful consideration and lots of time spent reading reviews on them are required before parting with your hard earned money.
Lossy traps are an issue, some have ground radials (a bit better performance wise) which require some space in your back yard.
Butternut, Diamond and Cushcraft seem to be the key players in this field, personally, I don't have much time for them.
See what the "leading" DXpeditions use and go from there... 8)
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Monoband verticals have been very good to me. I've never seen a multiband vertical that worked well, however.
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