[TowerTalk] CUSHCRAFT R7000+

[JORGE DIEZ - CX6VM]

YES!!!!  I WILL VERY FUNNY IF CUSHCRAFT ANSWER ANY OF THE THREE MAILS I SENT
TO
sales@cushcraft.com

IF YOU KNOW ANOTHER ADDRESS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

73,

    JORGE


----- Original Message -----
From: <K7GCO@aol.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>; <cx6vm@adinet.com.uy>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] CUSHCRAFT R7000+


> In a message dated 12/4/00 9:57:09 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> cx6vm@adinet.com.uy writes:
>
> <<
>  Hello guys:
>
>      Last weekend erect a R7000 vertical thatīs run very well.
>
>      Only one problem, some aluminum tubes are so short to be adjusted to
>  our 40 mts cw portion of the band (7.000-7.025), so only few inches are
into
>  the other section, so I am afraid in the future, with some winds, the
>  vertical will be damage at this point.
>
>      Now I have at my garage the 80 mts kit and have a question:
>
>      The manual says that I must modify all the dimensions of the R7000
when
>  I add the 80 mts section.
>
>      I thought that I not need to modify the 10-40 mts R7000 and only add
the
>  80 mts kit up the final section.
>
>      Have anyone some experience with the R7000++  vertical?????
>
>      Thanks
>           Jorge cx6vm / cx5x
>
>   Why don't you ask Cushcraft why they have such short tubing. They
created
> the potential wind damage problem.  I suggest you tell them to send you
> longer pieces of tubing free of charge and full instructions on all the
> changes so you don't have to ask TTer's?  They got your money for the
poorly
> designed antenna--no one on TT did.  K7GCO
>


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