Who's Joe?
I am beginning to understand that this antenna is a dividing line
between folks who understand antenna theory and those who do not. I
certainly will never recommend it to anyone who does not possess the
adequate skill level to rebuild the traps, the proper test equipment
to verify the results, and the patience to READ.
I can't remember a single thing marketed to the amateur radio
community that has had more outright silly things said about it. I
have also learned that if I say "Cushcraft R7" on any ham reflector,
I'll get five or six nonsense replies, guaranteed. God, how the
appliance operators hate this antenna!
I think I'm going to start buying these and refurbishing them.
They're a cakewalk if you know antennas, and apparently a heartbreak
if you do not.
Thanks for your response,
Jeff/KD4RBG
---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:39:07 -0700
>From: "Dennis Vernacchia" <n6ki73@gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Weather/water proofing aluminum tube ends
>To: "Jeff Carter" <towertalk@hidden-valley.com>,Towertalk
<towertalk@contesting.com>
>
>Joe,
>
>I don't have this specific answer about the sealant you need,
>but when you finally get the antenna working and installed
>be very careful applying more than 200 watts to this antenna on any freqs
>that
>have a high SWR..
>DO NOT PUMP POWER INTO THE ANTENNA USING AN ANTENNA TUNER TO TRICK RADIO
>INTO SEEING A LOW SWR - You will flash over the traps or tuning elements (
>whatever they are called )
>especially on the 40 mtr band if you try to tune antenna for SSB then load
>it on
>CW portion of band with an antenna tuner...These antennas also don't seem to
>like rain and power and Hi SWR combo !!!
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