Dave,

Do you get good SWR throughout every band without using a tuner?  Traps
usually make for a narrow tuning range.

Steve

On Wednesday 6/4/03 15:09 David W Wood wrote:
>Steve
>
>The antenna does have traps, some parallel tubing and cross strapping.
>The radials are about 3 feet in length.
>
>It is a stand alone antenna and needn't be on the roof, but as the ends
>are 'hot' (high voltage) they really need to be above hand height as a
>precaution.  Kushcraft do provide warning tags for the ends!
>
>I first used one for the GB90MGY station in April 2002 (the station
>marking the 90th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic) and have now
>used mine with the base about 5 feet above ground at my /p location near
>the sea for about 2 months with good results - but not as good as my big
>beam at my home location for the higher bands, but works better than my
>quarter wave vertical at that location for 40M.
>This last may be as a result of the highly conductive ground near the
>sea.
>
>73 de Dave - G3YXX
>
>In message <[log in to unmask]>, Steve Dresser
><[log in to unmask]> writes
> >Dave,
> >
> > From what you said about the radials being hot, I assume you mounted this
> >antenna on your roof.  How long are the radials?  You mentioned having good
> >SWR on all bands.  Does that mean that the antenna performs equally well on
> >all bands?  How do they get half wave on all bands without the use of traps?
> >
> >Steve
> >
> >On Tuesday 6/3/03 01:50 David W Wood wrote:
> >>Hello all
> >>
> >>I recently installed a Kushcraft R8, which stands at about 8.5M high.
> >>It isn't the cheapest, but works as a half wave on all bands from 40M to
> >>6M.
> >>
> >>It has integral radials which have hot ends in view of it being a half
> >>wave, so these should be out of reach.
> >>
> >>It is well built and a a bit heavy to install however, but my sighted
> >>friend and I put it together and had our first contact within 5 hours.
> >>
> >>The SWR is very good over its whole range, so we have negated the use of
> >>an ATU.
> >>
> >>73 de G3YXX
>
>--
>David W Wood