Trouble shooting a Hustler 5BTV verticle antenna

[@TonyYork-KB9RAO]

It did infact possibly help me, it made me look at how i setup my harvest antenna, thanks Sir

[@kb5miqbigboy]

thats great!!! 73!! thanks for watching!

[@bigmartin]

Thanks for that, my 5btv is in the post and this has been a help.. It’s December so let me wish you a very merry Christmas.. 73’s EI3LG, Ireland

[@kb5miqbigboy]

thats great!!thanks for watching!! 73!

[@terryadams8012]

Thank you for the video, very informative.

[@kb5miqbigboy]

Thanks for watching!! 73!

[@MichaelMoore-od4jz]

liked your video the old school info is really helpful for us that don't have much money thanks again

[@kb5miqbigboy]

thanks for watching!!! 73!

[@bigchew3149]

I have ben into Radios & Amps for 35+ Years But Very Recently became a ham & i am Lookin at the Hustler 6BTV & pretty much ever one ive talked to about them says they work good & they like them..I was thinking about putting mine in the air about 25ft or so and see how that would work..has any one tried that & if so how did it work ! Thanks for sharing ..i learned something new that i did not Before !

[@kb5miqbigboy]

those are really good antennas, wd5hkv jeff has used those for years and he had one elevated at one time. worked good just remember you need radials when its elevated, thanks for watching!!73!!

[@terryadams8012]

A follow up. I have my 4BTV ground mounted just as you do here, the metal pole and a 8 foot ground rod with two U clamps around the base of the antenna. My ground is very hard with lots of rocks and there is no large bodies of water near by. This past weekend with the ARRL DX phone contest I used that antenna and my Icom 718 set at 50 watts. I made many contacts including Ireland, Africa, and St. Lucia just to name a few. So this method for this antenna works great. Thanks for all the straight forward and easy to understand information on your videos.

[@kb5miqbigboy]

thats great!!! thanks for watching!!73!!

[@hpvzchris]

Enjoy watching your videos!

[@kb5miqbigboy]

Thanks!!

[@jimaspinwall7814]

"good basic knowledge of electricity" - golden words!! Ultimately - good find... yes, sometimes hardware impacts electrons! My ancient 5BTV surprises me as to how 'OK' it works. Yes... 75/80 *IS* very limited - because the best it's got is a classic Hustler mobile coil/whip with VERY narrow bandwidth. If I determine to go vertical on 75/80, I defer to my S-9 31-foot fiberglass telescoping vertical with "an 80 meter coil" at the base and/or my SG-230 tuner. Proper ground/bonding is key no matter what... eliminates a lot of ambiguous/mythical variables so you can get to root cause of other issues. You can run the nanoVNA products with PC software - the TDR function can tell you almost exactly where a problem might be. Another technique is to connect a dummy load to the coax where it would connect to the antenna...

[@kb5miqbigboy]

thanks for watching!!! and the info!

[@glenmartin2437]

Thank you. That helped. NOQFT

[@kb5miqbigboy]

thanks for watching!! 73!

[@andy2E0JIU]

Good video thanks for your help.new subscriber 👍

[@kb5miqbigboy]

thanks for watching and subscribing!! 73!!

[@cliftonhead9665]

W4CBH, do you bury your coax and what size going to the house. Just pickup a 6BTV and tring to find information the coax connection to antenna and jumper and anything else I can find.

[@kb5miqbigboy]

thanks for watching! best would be to use direct bury coax or run in condiut for pernament install. mine is just on top of ground as i change stuff, i use rg8x mini foam. 73!

[@revbikerbigd8664]

Great video thx! Trying to get my swr lowered , but seems to be high! 4.5 ft pipe in ground , 18 inches above, antenna mounted 4inches above the ground with 50 ft rg58x coax. No radials ! Any advice, everything is new. 4btv.

[@kb5miqbigboy]

i used a 8ft copper ground rod with the antenna clamped to it and the mounting pipe. i also had to adjust the trap housings to get mine down. if u can download dx engineering 5btv instruction manual it has wasy more info esp on swr adjustment than the hustler factory instructions. hope this helps and thanks for watching!73!

[@MatthewCEBamber]

Fantastic video! Subscribed 🔥 de 2E0FNM I do yt too 😁