Hustler 5-BTV
A great 5 band antenna for a small garden.
Description
5-BTV
This 5 band vertical antenna is a very popular top seller and ideal for ground mounting where space is at a premium.
- 5 Bands
- Coverage 80-10m
- Bandwidth Full
- SWR 1.15:1
- Power 1kW
- Traps 25.4mm formers
- Tubing 31.75mm
- Bracket size 44.45mm
- Height 7.64m
- Weight 7.7kg
- Wind (112kph) 13kg
- Mounting Brackets fit Max pole size: 45 mm 1- 3/4 inches.
- Installing your Hustler Vertical antenna.
All quarter wave vertical antennas need an earth system to work against. Imagine it as being the other half of a dipole. The popular way to mount a vertical antenna is at ground level. This is because a vertical antenna is often the best choice for a small garden.
It is a popular myth that radials have to be a quarter wave long. In fact they can be any length. The more wire that you lay down the better. Again, the common method of installing radials is to slit a hole in the ground and bury them.
The wire can be insulated or bare. If you really do have problems in even installing radials, then a couple of earth rods will work, albeit at reduced efficiency. And another tip os to make up a coax choke at the point at which the coax connects to the antenna.
This can be easily done by winding around 10 - 15 turns of coax on a 4" former, fastening with plastic wraps or tape and then removing the former so that the coil is air wound.
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