Apparently, due to a design flaw in the original model, you can easily burn
out the 20 meter trap by running legal power. I destroyed mine running 600
watts, and another ham burned his out doing the same thing. Cushcraft can't
replace the individual trap. I've obtained a spare 30 meter trap from
another ham and am modifying it to replace the bad 20 meter trap.

I don't know if this will work or not, but I had great success with the
R7000 during the 2 years I had it. I worked over 280 countries with it and
was very pleased with its performance.

Dave AA1VX

Thanks Rag, Ken and Dave

Believe me Ken ALL inputs and experiences are of value when it's
'head-scratching' time. I, too, have used verticals in the past and found
them very good.

Thanks, Rag, for the tip about the lower tube - I'll check this out.Much
better to fix it before it's broken in this case.

Dave - Thanks for your tip about the traps. You may be interested to check
out the website at:
http://www.qsl.net/ei7ba/r7_vertical.htm
where EI7BA has listed the resonant frequency of the various traps. Guess
you might have these already though.

Thanks again everyone. I think I'll go for it.

Frank
GW3CNM

Thanks Rag, Ken and Dave

Believe me Ken ALL inputs and experiences are of value when it's
'head-scratching' time. I, too, have used verticals in the past and found
them very good.

Thanks, Rag, for the tip about the lower tube - I'll check this out.Much
better to fix it before it's broken in this case.

Dave - Thanks for your tip about the traps. You may be interested to check
out the website at:
http://www.qsl.net/ei7ba/r7_vertical.htm
where EI7BA has listed the resonant frequency of the various traps. Guess
you might have these already though.

Thanks again everyone. I think I'll go for it.

Frank
GW3CNM