"Little O'Me" wrote in message
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Greetings to all the resident knowledge in this group.

I am trying to figure out what HF antenna I have. I bought it at an
estate sale. It was mounted in the ground, without radials, but
connected to a ground rod in the ground alongside the antenna. It was
"at the beach", so while it is in overall pretty good shape there is
some corrosion in places, and the UV has gotten to a couple of other
places. I have gotten it on the air, and it covers 80-6 meters. I am
hoping to be able to get a manual and perhaps some replacement parts.

It is SIMILAR to an R7, but it is not an R7. The key points are that
it does not have the base or middle radials, the matching network is
different, the mounting is different and this covers 80-6 meters. It
does have the stubs like an R7, however. I have searched CushCraft,
Hustler, HyGain and Gap, and it does not appear to be a product made
by any of them, based on online manuals of past and present models.
Here goes the description, and I hope someone can point me in the
right direction.
That's about it. Any help anyone can provide would really be
appreciated.

73,

Rick, WM6M

The base description you say it is like a Cushcraft vertical antenna.
When you said 85" .. I immediately thought of the AV-5 (but it can't run on
6 meters - that I am aware of)
Cushcraft have made many vertical antennas (both 1/2 wave and 1/4 wave);
R3, R4, R5, R6, R6000, R7, R7000, R8 (1/2 waves)
AP8(A), AV-3, AV-4, AV-5
==========================
R5 1/2 wave maintenance and repair
http://home.planet.nl/~fhvgeerligs/Ant/R5/onhr5eng.htm

AP8 (PowerWave)
http://mega.ist.utl.pt/~cmao/ham_radio/ham-04.html

AV-x series (the AV-4 and AV-5 had a "X" capacity hat)
I owned the AV-3 in the 1980s - nice 1/4 wave antenna - does need radials
http://www.cushcraft.com/support/pdf/av3482.pdf

w9gb

Thanks, I think we are close! Mine is 9 bands, and easily tunes 6
meters, but otherwise it looks like the AP-8(A).

Thanks for your help here.

73,

Rick

On Wed, 11 May 2005 19:38:37 -0500, "gb"
wrote:

"Little O'Me" wrote in message
ardnews.com...
Greetings to all the resident knowledge in this group.

I am trying to figure out what HF antenna I have.

That's about it. Any help anyone can provide would really be
appreciated.

73,

Rick, WM6M

The base description you say it is like a Cushcraft vertical antenna.
When you said 85" .. I immediately thought of the AV-5 (but it can't run on
6 meters - that I am aware of)
Cushcraft have made many vertical antennas (both 1/2 wave and 1/4 wave);
R3, R4, R5, R6, R6000, R7, R7000, R8 (1/2 waves)
AP8(A), AV-3, AV-4, AV-5
==========================
R5 1/2 wave maintenance and repair
http://home.planet.nl/~fhvgeerligs/Ant/R5/onhr5eng.htm

AP8 (PowerWave)
http://mega.ist.utl.pt/~cmao/ham_radio/ham-04.html

AV-x series (the AV-4 and AV-5 had a "X" capacity hat)
I owned the AV-3 in the 1980s - nice 1/4 wave antenna - does need radials
http://www.cushcraft.com/support/pdf/av3482.pdf

w9gb

"Little O'Me" wrote in message
rdnews.com...

Thanks, I think we are close! Mine is 9 bands, and easily tunes 6
meters, but otherwise it looks like the AP-8(A).

Thanks for your help here.

73,

Rick

I don't remember a 9 band version of the AP8(A). There were AP8 and AP8A
versions. Cushcraft manual for AP8A (1/4 wave - needs radials):
http://www.cushcraft.com/support/pdf/951435.pdf

Cushcraft has since discontinued this model. There are web pages on how to
clean/repair the "trombone traps"

Greg
w9gb