Neither vertical is broadbanded enough on 80 meters to give them the range they want. Even with a transmatch, there are still practical limits.Originally Posted by N8YX
I would go with the 6BTV. The 5 has capacitance hats on top of the 20 and 40M elements; these add a considerable amount of wind load. The 6, on the other hand, makes up the required length by virtue of its 30M trap and intermediate sections.
I love my Butternuts, but even though they (and allegedly the Gaps) are have a wider 2:1 - 2:1 bandwith, that's just too big a stretch.
An end fed 43' vertical would give them the range, but again, a transmatch would probably be required. Frankly, if the club has a tower for the higher bands at it's disposal, I'd consider loading that with a gamma match to work 80/75. And any end-fed vertical would need a decent to good radial field underneath it, but that should go without saying (and more often than not does)
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