First time post here, hope the protocol is aok. I purchased a Cushcraft X7 within about a year of when they were first introduced. That was maybe 4-5 years ago I am guessing, maybe more/less. The ant
Hello everyone, a quick question. I am getting close to putting together the CC X7. It will be going up at 70' on a self supporting tower. Due to limited mast space I was going to put a CC shortened
Hi everyone. I have found that my HAM-IV is in need of repair. Before I send it off I thought I would at least open it up to have a look. It seems to turn in one direction only and trying another con
Thanks a bunch to Kevin, Brad and Carl. All the info I need to take a crack at it. And, in case it's more than I can chew, a place to send it for repair. My sincere thanks again. Gedas, W8BYA e-mail
I wanted to pass along some info to those with or thinking about getting the CC X7. Last weekend I started putting mine together and after a couple days work the entire antenna was assembled and inst
Barry, I currently operate 3 Universal towers. One 80', one 70' and one 50' First of all, don't ever, ever, repeat, ever try to "walk-up" a tower like the instructions indicate. Many years ago when I
Hi everyone. I was wondering if someone could recommend an easy and elegant method that would allow me to use a bunch of 7/8" 75 ohm hardline I have. My antennas on 2 of 3 towers require over 270' ru
Wow, what great responses from so many on and off-line. Thank you all those who helped think this through. As I mentioned in the original post, I have been using the cable for VHF/UHF for some time a
What is interesting to me are all the different opinions on one method vs. another. All I can do is add yet another opinion. I live in NE Indiana where the soil is nothing but solid, hard stinkin cla
It may not be possible for you to try this, but, here I have tightened down a clamp or two near the bottom of the rod and used the bucket of my small loader to gently pop them out of the ground. Had
Very interesting discussion. Over the years I have had a R7 and R8 at various heights from 10' to 90'. With them above 40' I always had them DC grounded to the mast which was grounded to the tower wh
I have enjoyed reading this thread, and then, it got even more interesting for me when I saw the ole HP voltmeter mentioned. I have one of these, with the manual in FB shape as of about 1 year ago. T
Just FYI....This morning I was able to look around at all the different pages and links without trouble or delay. online image gallery at http://gedas.cc e-mail address at w8bya@w8bya.com web page at
Hi everyone. I wanted to share with you a lightning strike incident which occurred to me last week Tue afternoon. I thought I had done a pretty good job protecting against lightning so this came as q
It is time for me to install some phased verticals for 40m. Many years ago I had a full sized pair separated 1/4-wave, each over 25 1/4-wave buried radials using a home brew continuously tunable phas
Please excuse this post if you have seen it already. I sent it out and never saw it posted so I guess it never made it to the group. It is time for me to install some phased verticals for 40m. Many y
I just wanted to pass along my recent experience with a brand new XM240. This antenna was a replacement for a 402CD that was destroyed in some strong winds a couple years ago. Before I purchased the
This thread was perfect timing for me as I was waiting for some cooler wx before starting my vertical project. I still am undecided whether to go elevated or not. In case I do go ground mounted, does
I just put a brand new G-1000DXA on-line and am so mad at myself for letting the manager at HRO talk me into this thing and not the tail-twister I was going to get. He said it was higher rated for wi
Actually you need to be careful, mine uses all 6 wires, the 7th is not used on the schematic. BTW, the antenna is a single CC XM-240. Gedas online image gallery at http://gedas.cc e-mail address at w