Rick,

Have you compared what you hear with the vertical with what you would hear 
with a dipole?  Also, you may find that your vertical works well when the 
skip is long, and not so well when the band is more local.  Maybe your 
vertical works better than mine ever did.  I just know that mine never 
worked very well on 75 compared to dipoles I have had.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 20:06
Subject: Re: Cushcraft R7 and 75 meters.


>I would have to disagree.
> When I get the SWR below 2 to 1, I can hear all kinds of stations.
> I do agree that I probably wouldn't be able to talk to 1/10th of the
> stations I hear though.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 2:33 PM
> Subject: Re: Cushcraft R7 and 75 meters.
>
>
>> Rick,
>>
>> I've tried verticals on 75, and in my opinion, they're not worth wasting
>> time on unless they're designed to operate on that band.  Even if you can
>> get the SWR down to 1/1, all you'll be doing is feeding the coax, and the
>> signal (or at least most of it) won't even reach the antenna.  The bottom
>> line: you won't get out, and you won't hear much of anything but man-made
>> noise.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 13:45
>> Subject: Re: Cushcraft R7 and 75 meters.
>>
>>
>>> Personally, I wouldn't.  You could fry the traps.  Also, remember with a
>>> good tuner, you can tune a coat hanger.  Also a dummy load is a perfect
>>> match, but neither a coat hanger or a dummy load will radiate well.
>>> 73
>>> Butch Bussen
>>> wa0vjr
>>> open Node 3148
>>> Las Vegas
>>>
>>>
>>> On
>>> Tue, 19 Jan 2010, Rick wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi list.
>>>> I know the R7 isn't designed to work on 75 meters, but with my TS-50 
>>>> and
>>>> =
>>>> autotuner I can get an SWR of 1.4 to 1, and reflected power of 4.4.
>>>> With the manual tuner I can get the SWR down to 1.0 to 1.
>>>> I know I won't get out as well as if the antenna was designed for 75 =
>>>> meters.
>>>> What I want to ask is, can I use 75 and not hurt the antenna, or radio?
>>>> Also would it hurt to run power through the r7 on 75?
>>>> Thanks in advance for any help, and 7 3.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>