Can you say... HF6V?Originally Posted by w2amr
I have a 6 band, ground mounted butternut vertical, with sixteen 20" counterpoise wires. I recently installed the 12 and 17 meter add on kits. I love it.
I've been running one of those for many, many moons. Got my first one back when I worked in the local ham store, from Mr. Butternut [Don Newcomb WØDN (SK)] himself. It survived many moves, getting turned into a pretzel once, and performed very well up until the end.
I'm on my second one, which was willed to me from the estate of a SK. (Well, technically it's my third one; I had a second one I picked up used, ended up selling it to a local ham who used it on many DXpeditions).
Still have the original one; it's currently sitting in storage, along with the HF2V. "B" tube broke on me. My fault, actually; during one of the moves, I didn't install the base correctly, wind caused some damage due to my error. NB3C was kind enough to take the tube into work (USAir at the time) and due an aluminum weld to repair the damage. The weld is what gave way... over 10 years later. I have a new "B" tube, I just never got around to dismantling the antenna to replace the tube. One of these days, though, I will.
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