Hi Ed - A couple of questions - what is your QTH? If indeed you are Saudi Arabia, then you probably can make enough noise with that antenna to create a good sized pileup - assuming you can get some power to it. 100 watts might be a bit on the light side.
However, probably a bigger issue is what your received noise is like. If you are in a modern city and surrounded by electronic devices - it is likely your noise level is going to be pretty high - and this might be so bad that it pushes the "worth it" answer one way or the other. I have used the Cushcraft MA160V to make QSOs 16000 km away with 100 watts - but that will take good conditions AND a quiet receiving location. BTW - I understand 7Z1SJ was active at his sunrise this morning - working N2IC/5 in New Mexico. Tree N6TR On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 10:40 PM Edward via Topband <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, > > I am contemplating a Butternut HF2V for a rooftop installation. I need to > keep this low profile. I will be able to add some top loading and decent > radials. Height will be about 30’. > > Worthwhile? Thoughts appreciated. > > 73, > Ed 7Z1ES > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
