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Reviews For: HUSTLER G6-270R 2m/440 Antenna

Category: Antennas: VHF/UHF+ Omnidirectional: verticals, mobile, etc

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Review Summary For : HUSTLER G6-270R 2m/440 Antenna
Reviews: 17MSRP: 160
Description:
Commercial grade. The G6-270R is a dual band colinear design using phased 5/8 wave elements on both bands. Two 5/8 wave elements are used on 2 meter and four 5/8 wave elements are utilized on the UHF band. The gain is 6 dB on both bands, referenced to a dipole. Note: uses type N connector.
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NO9X Rating: 2021-10-22
Very impressive Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
Bought this antenna used, and doing a sweep, found 2m to be a little high. I took it apart, and decided to replace the stock capacitor and short section of feedline.
Putting it back together, not much changed. It was under 2.0 for 2m but not by much.
Put it on my roof and have been impressed ever since. Longest contact was 383 miles (tropo) but I can easily hit repeaters 50-70 miles away that are in a larger city.
Am often asked what I am running once they hear I am calling from 3 counties away.
Recently was chatting on a new to me repeater in Michigan (I’m in WI) and once I gave my 73s and was about to turn the radio off, heard a guy talking to the guy I was talking to say “wish I wouldn’t have missed that guy in WI! I want to know what antenna he is running” LOL!
That repeater is about 135 miles East of me.
It may not look great on the meter, but it sure works well!
NOTE: Initial sweep was done with 6” of coax to a NANOVNA. Any reasonable stretch of coax would have made that look a good bit lower.
Am now at about 1.8:1 including going through an alpha delta lightning protector and an alpha delta 3 way switch (with gas arc cylinder) both claiming
WD3NA Rating: 2020-11-07
High SWR on my G6-270r Time Owned: more than 12 months.
My G6-260R recently went from 1.5:1 SWR to 5+ SWR in a matter of moments.

I was in a QSO when a neighboring ham that is 20 miles away jumped in and stated that my signal when from full quieting to unreadable. I checked the radio and my antenna to discovered my SWR had shot way up. I have removed the antenna from the mast and checked the antenna to discover at the base of the antenna with my analyzer is reading 5.4:1 SWR.

I purchased the antenna in June of 2019, up to this point I had no issues with antenna.

I should mention that we have not received any moisture before the antenna failed for several months. I live in west Texas.

I have not opened the antenna, but I am planning on doing so if the anything I do inside.

Sorry for the long post but we hams to get a long winded.
K7RHT Rating: 2017-12-30
Does not meet the wind load specd. Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
The antenna performed as advertised until a 50 MPH wind broke it in half. Up to that point, SWR was great, I was using it on a repeater. It was in October, no snow or ice load, just 50 mph winds gusting to 65, have it on my weather station. Anyway, broke in half and pulled the connections apart at the base. If I knew the cap value I could rebuild it, but need a diagram and can't find one on the web anywhere so far.
KX7P Rating: 2017-04-29
HIGH QUALITY AND HIGH PERFORMANCE Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
I installed this antenna above my SteppIR DB-18E, and it's performance has been flawless. SWR on both VHF and UHF and very good. I can hit mountain top repeaters in southern California over 150 miles away using 50 watts output from my location using this antenna. I'm using quality LMR-400 coax, which I believe is the key to this antenna performing well. If you use cheap coax you will likely experience some issues IMHO. Assembly was as simple as it could get. I have nothing negative to report and would highly recommend this antenna to anyone wanting a high quality, high gain dual band VHF/UHF base antenna.
KA4PNE Rating: 2015-12-04
Excellent Product Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I'm disheartened to see that a few Amateur Radio Operators that have had problems with their "Hustler" G6-270R. It makes me wonder why the majority who have the G6-270R don't have any problems with theirs. I have owned two (2) of these antennas. They really are so very easy to assemble/install. And, the performance is top of the line! Saddly, I gave one away when I took a short 23 month hiatus from Amateur Radio. But, [that] antenna worked great. I was accessing repeaters over 35 miles away. My current G6-270R was purchased from AES in Orlando at a very reasonable price only a few months ago when I recently retired and moved to Central Florida and I've never had any problems with this new G6-270R. [It] is currently on the top of a 40' 'Channel Master' telescoping mast and I've had nothing but fantastic results with it. The SWR analysis has always been within acceptable; even better than anticipated limits both on VHF and UHF with my "Icom" 706MKIIG (1999) Transceiver. I've also used my Yaesu FT-2400H connected to the antenna and the results were just great. By the way, after some candid inquiries, I learned that a few of those that did have complaints were using the WRONG coax feed line. Impedence is something not to be taken 'lightly'. 73 KA4PNE
W3IIY Rating: 2011-07-12
Buyer Beware Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
Greetings, Well, I guess I should have read these reviews before purchasing my antenna but I did not.

I purchased the antenna based on the fact that a mono band 2 meter version has worked flawlessly for me for many years.

This dual band antenna is terrible. VHF seems to be OK with a good match center freq of 145.390 Mhz. UHF sucks. Best SWR (1.5-1) was at 440 Mhz. 2-1 at 446 and 2.2-1 at 448 Mhz.

After reading the reviews here I am doubtful if I will even attempt to speak to Hustler.

Based on the discussion here I would advise anyone to look elseware for an antenna. This antenna clarly is NOT worth the money.

Good Luck, Doug W3IIY
W0JBC Rating: 2010-11-11
Well Constructed and Robust Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I have had this antenna in the air at 35 feet for over ten years . It still meets the specs .
The feedline is LMR - 400 Ultra-Flex . It works just fine. No issues . I guess some of the unhappy campers were new to the hobby and just did not understand why good feedlines make the system work . It is robust . It is probably the best bang for the buck .
JB / WØJBC

NT4I Rating: 2009-07-31
Disappointing VSWR on VHF Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I debated if I should buy the antenna based on problems that some have posted here. I decided to take a gamble and now I am sorry I did. The antenna appears to be mistuned for VHF but works fine on UHF. The resonant frequency for VHF is 146.400 with the VSWR at 1.3 to 1 but rises quickly above or below that frequency. At 148.000 the VSWR is 2.5 to 1. I called the factory and they appeared to be clueless and said "Just send it back so we can look at it". Since it's about 8' long, shipping is expensive back to the factory in Texas; but the sticker on the antenna says Made in Mexico". I will think about it over night but I am leaning to bring it back to the dealer and exchange it for a large Diamond dual band.
I like the one piece sealed design of the Hustler but what good is it if I can only use it on a small portion of VHF. Very disappointing for an antenna that cost $200.
W4DMZ Rating: 2009-03-15
Great Antenna Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I am not sure why there are some bad reviews but this antenna was easy to install and mount on the roof of my two story home. I have 30 foot coax feed line to my Icom 7000 and the antenna works great. No tuning required. I have been hitting all the local repeaters out to approx. 35 miles.
N0AWN Rating: 2009-01-28
Dead out of the Box Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
When we opened the box the screws holding the N conncetor fell out of the box. The connector was never fastened to the antenna. We installed the screws, but the antenna was essentially invisible to the transmitter. 30 watts up the feed line, 30 watts back.

Replacing it with a Diamond.