I almost bought the original UniHat which was made by some ham in I think, Dallas, but it seemed kind of expensive and I went with an inverted L instead. I look forward to working you this fall on 1880 or 1885 Fred. I normally take a break from 160 in the summer time.
Rob
Rob the price took my wallet for a loop but well worth it. A major cost was the dacron rope. THe dam thing is guyed at three places on the mast and 4 guy points on the ground. Nothing would take that tower down.
I used that thing for all of my 160M in the late 90's. DX and hearing the left coast was not too good. But cudda been my little radial system too.
Great small lot antenna. I am in contact with Ed. N5UG. To try to see if he is selling any of these. A Texas Ham, who designed this antenna and even got FCC approval for broadcast.
I'd like to get another one cuz with just the variable cap and a sweet spot setting of the coil tap I could run from 1830 to 1890. This Cushcraft antenna is not a happy camper.
I think the top loading coil and the tiny capacity hat makes it a completely different antenna.