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
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>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

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David W Wood