Bill and others,
Lew McCoy, W1ICP reviewed the CTSVR a couple of years ago for CQ mag.
He
still has it installed in his backyard and it does a real good job for him.
Look up the review, or E-mail him at the address found in the front of the
CQ mag. 73 de Milt, N5IA
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> From: Bill Tippett <btippett@hub.infoave.net>
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: TopBand: VERTICAL ANTENNA SELECTION
To: <topband@contesting.com>
> Date: Tuesday, April 22, 1997 10:21 AM
>
> KE1Y wrote:
>
> >I believe that a similar concept should work on Topband as well.
>
> Rolf's comments were VERY interesting especially since I
> know how well his normal antenna works on 80! However, I would
> caution ALL about extrapolating the results to 160. As I remember,
> the Butternut HF-2V is about 30+ feet high making it an excellent
> performer on 40 and 80...but to extrapolate Rolf's 80 meter performance
> to 160, the antenna would need to be about 60+ feet high, with the base
> and elevated radials at 20 feet! That would indeed be a great performer
> on 160 (in fact similar to what DL3DXX & crew used during their recent
> S21/P29 expeditions). If you do decide to go with the HF-2V, be sure
> to use lots of toploading wires on it for 160, as little base-loading
> as possible and install the very best ground system you can. I am by no
> means saying that it will not work, but just don't expect to be very
> competitive with guys using large verticals (i.e. within 10 dB).
>
> Another commercial toploaded vertical is the CTSVR (?) which
> is manufactured by a company in Texas. N7CKD uses one of these and
> may have some comments. I think CTSVR stands for "capacity tuned
> short vertical radiator" and it is about 30+ feet high with a tophat,
> but it may be a little more expensive than the Butternut HF-2V. Dennis
> is at n7ckdennis@juno.com if you want to contact him directly.
>
> 73, Bill W4ZV
>
> P.S. When K9RJ develops some economical, room-temperature, super-
> conducting alloys, then I will believe in short verticals for 160!
>
>
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