[TowerTalk] R7000

[David Feldman]

>Earlier owners can upgrade to the latest design with the R7000TFK. It 
>isn't in their catalog or dealer literature, but they apparently sell 
>this kit. My theory is that "TFK" stands for "Trap Fix Kit." Cushcraft 
>tells me the kit is $110, plus $7 shipping. I haven't been in contact 
>with a R7000 owner who didn't get a TFK for free, though.

My R7000 (early version) lost a trap early this year; cushcraft said
they would not diagnose which trap failed, and offered to sell me the
trap fix kit above (definately not free!) and another replacement trap
the total was ~$170;

The antenna is still up, but probably will just be scrapped, unless
someone can tell me how to disassemble the traps and identify/replace
the failed capacitor (I'm sure a single cap somewhere died).

PS the antenna here is mounted 5' above ground and met it's specs until
it died (which means it wasn't a very great antenna, but was adequate).

73 Dave WB0GAZ dgf@netcom.com



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