Hi Steve;
When looking at e-ham people seemed to love or hate the antenna too.  When 
working with the r8 we found that it was a lot of antenna to easily handle. 
I think I like Lou's idea of putting it on a tilt over mount.  It would 
certainly make it easier to work on when those inevitable problems come up.
Richard
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: Cushcraft R8 Revisited


Anthony,

From what I've read and heard, people either really like the antenna, or
they really hate it.  It's good to have input from someone who has assembled
a few antennas.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 21:50
Subject: Re: Cushcraft R8 Revisited


> Hi Steve;
>
> I have a friend who puts up antennas as a hobby for ham radio operators
> and,
> he tells me that the gap is one of the most well constructed antennas.
>
> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 11:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] Cushcraft R8 Revisited
>
>
>> Lou,
>>
>> I've been thinking about a Gap for a while now, but want to know how well
>> it works before I rush out and buy one.   I'm particularly interested in
>> its performance on 20 meters and above.  At present, I'm using a Cobra
>> Ultralite Senior, which is an all-band folded dipole.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 17:43
>> Subject: Re: Cushcraft R8 Revisited
>>
>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> That depends upon the vertical antenna.  The ones that are supposed to
>>> act
>>> as an electrical quarterwave do require a ground or radials, but a few
>>> are
>>> designed to function electrically as a vertical dipole, and these do not
>>> require a radial system.  For example, I run the GAP Titan, which uses
>>> this
>>> design and does not need radials.
>>>
>>> The Cushcraft R5, R7, and R8 antennas also fall into this category and
>>> do
>>> not require radials.
>>>
>>> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>>
>>> At 01:18 PM 3/17/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>>>>Hi John;
>>>>
>>>>I don't know much about vertical antennas however, the ground radials
>>>>are
>>>>the other half of the antenna.
>>>>
>>>>Without ground radials, a vertical antenna is not real effective.
>>>>
>>>>73 De Anthony W2AJV
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>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "John Vernaleken" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 1:04 PM
>>>>Subject: [BLIND-HAMS] Cushcraft R8 Revisited
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Since I do not have room for something like a G5RV or Carolina Windom I
>>>>a
>>>>m
>>>>thinking about a Cushcraft R8.  I would prefer not to have ground
>>>>radials
>>>>,
>>>>that is why I am looking at the R8.
>>>>Any feedback would be helpfull.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>John  KC2QJB
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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