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David Browne wrote:
hi just got this ant,what is the best hight to mount this at, there site says mount 8 feet, will it work better mounted 30 feet of ground thanks dave browne --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.688 / Virus Database: 449 - Release Date: 18/05/2004 Ok, I spoke to the designer this evening, and I'll pass on what I learned. He was speaking fast, as he normally does, so I'm sure I missed a lot. Roy can confirm that, and Roy can confirm that he handed over another copy of his software to him just last week. Per the designer The R7 was built because he needed a multiband antenna in the fall of 90. The R5 was used as the base idea for the design. He worked on it over late fall and winter 90/91. The antenna project was up and down 2 to 3 times a day at times. The owner of Cushcraft heard of the backyard project in spring 1991, and "asked" that it be brought to work. Tomorrow at the latest. The antenna is not a half wave antenna, it is about a 3/8 wave antenna. The impedance is approximately 250 ohms, and a roughly 4.5 to 1 transform is done. There is a series cap of 41 pF for 40m. There are 7 radials of 49 inches, because Cushcraft had tons of 49 inch 5/8 whips for 2m. The R5 had 4, this needed more. There is a false resonance on 75m or 80m, and if you put power into it at that freq, you will burn up the matching system. And, to end this argument, do not ever add radials to the system, and do not remove any of the ones it comes with. It's a touchy match. tom K0TAR |
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Golly Gee -- what happened to the great R7 radial debate ??? (:-(
Not one single reply to the excellent post below -- guess it did end the argument (:-) Thanks for the post Tom ------------------------------------------------------- "Tom Ring" wrote in message Ok, I spoke to the designer this evening, and I'll pass on what I learned. He was speaking fast, as he normally does, so I'm sure I missed a lot. Roy can confirm that, and Roy can confirm that he handed over another copy of his software to him just last week. Per the designer The R7 was built because he needed a multiband antenna in the fall of 90. The R5 was used as the base idea for the design. He worked on it over late fall and winter 90/91. The antenna project was up and down 2 to 3 times a day at times. The owner of Cushcraft heard of the backyard project in spring 1991, and "asked" that it be brought to work. Tomorrow at the latest. The antenna is not a half wave antenna, it is about a 3/8 wave antenna. The impedance is approximately 250 ohms, and a roughly 4.5 to 1 transform is done. There is a series cap of 41 pF for 40m. There are 7 radials of 49 inches, because Cushcraft had tons of 49 inch 5/8 whips for 2m. The R5 had 4, this needed more. There is a false resonance on 75m or 80m, and if you put power into it at that freq, you will burn up the matching system. And, to end this argument, do not ever add radials to the system, and do not remove any of the ones it comes with. It's a touchy match. tom K0TAR |
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On Sun, 23 May 2004 08:14:41 -0700, "Keyboard In The Noise"
wrote: Golly Gee -- what happened to the great R7 radial debate ??? (:-( Not one single reply to the excellent post below -- guess it did end the argument (:-) Well, I found it interesting that the R7 is a 3/8 wave antenna, not a 1/2-waver. Which means radials might work as well as those 2-meter whips/decouplers sticking out at the base. Funny, I've never seen Cushcraft refer in their ads to their designs being "1/2 wave." Maybe that's just a myth somebody started... Bob k5qwg Thanks for the post Tom ------------------------------------------------------- "Tom Ring" wrote in message Ok, I spoke to the designer this evening, and I'll pass on what I learned. He was speaking fast, as he normally does, so I'm sure I missed a lot. Roy can confirm that, and Roy can confirm that he handed over another copy of his software to him just last week. Per the designer The R7 was built because he needed a multiband antenna in the fall of 90. The R5 was used as the base idea for the design. He worked on it over late fall and winter 90/91. The antenna project was up and down 2 to 3 times a day at times. The owner of Cushcraft heard of the backyard project in spring 1991, and "asked" that it be brought to work. Tomorrow at the latest. The antenna is not a half wave antenna, it is about a 3/8 wave antenna. The impedance is approximately 250 ohms, and a roughly 4.5 to 1 transform is done. There is a series cap of 41 pF for 40m. There are 7 radials of 49 inches, because Cushcraft had tons of 49 inch 5/8 whips for 2m. The R5 had 4, this needed more. There is a false resonance on 75m or 80m, and if you put power into it at that freq, you will burn up the matching system. And, to end this argument, do not ever add radials to the system, and do not remove any of the ones it comes with. It's a touchy match. tom K0TAR |
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Hi Bob -- see URL:
http://www.cushcraft.com/support/pdf/r5.pdf Sez -- "Your R5 is a half wavelength vertical which does not require traditional ground radials" -- Keyboard In The Noise Opinions are the cheapest commodities in the world. Author unknown but "right on" -------------------------------------------------- "Bob Miller" wrote in message ... Funny, I've never seen Cushcraft refer in their ads to their designs being "1/2 wave." Maybe that's just a myth somebody started... Bob k5qwg |
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