prcguy
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The Hustler 5BTV being vertical will miss a lot of comms in the 75mi to a couple hundred mile range on the lower bands because it puts most of the energy out to the sides where it fades away after about 75mi, then when it glances off the ionosphere and comes down far away. A horizontal antenna like the EFHW up at 20-30ft will fill in all areas from zero to several hundred miles and will also work fine for DX.
The 40m version works excellent on 40, 20, 15 and 10m and you can sort of force feed it on some of the WARC bands with a tuner with reduced performance. The 133ft long 80m version will work all bands including WARC with a good enough match where you should not need a tuner. If your not into CW I would recommend the 7510 version which moves the roughly 3.6MHz resonant point of the 80m version up to about 3.8MHz so you get the phone portion of 75m without a tuner. I use these same antennas from MyAntennas and I believe they are the best commercially made versions out there.
The 40m version works excellent on 40, 20, 15 and 10m and you can sort of force feed it on some of the WARC bands with a tuner with reduced performance. The 133ft long 80m version will work all bands including WARC with a good enough match where you should not need a tuner. If your not into CW I would recommend the 7510 version which moves the roughly 3.6MHz resonant point of the 80m version up to about 3.8MHz so you get the phone portion of 75m without a tuner. I use these same antennas from MyAntennas and I believe they are the best commercially made versions out there.
At just over 60', and not needing an antenna tuner, it would be my preference. O have their 8010 and have vero complaints. Plus, it hides extremelywell in the trees.