Hey Rich.

Glad to hear about the no TVI. I suspected that, with the type of matching
network they use with the R8, the antenna would be rather narrow-minded on
all bands. I hope, as well, with a vertically-polarized antenna, to avoid
RFI as well. We'll see. If I keep my big home-brew linear quiet, 3 3-500z's
in final), I should be alright.

Thanks for info. I'm sure I'll have some tuning to do.

Regards to everyone this Sunday afternoon.

Jerry, v e 3 q s o

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard and Karlene" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:07 PM
Subject: criscraft r8


>     Jerry Jerry
> Good luck with the r8.  I have had one here for several years with
> reasonable success.  I have been tempted to try a gap but its hard to get
> antenna help.  I had a difficult time tuning the r8 for 40 meters. When
they
> say 150 khz band width they mean it.  I supposedly set mine up for the
uper
> part of the phone  band and after getting it up on my two story house, I
> discovered the thing had a 1 to 1 swr at the very bottom of the cw band.
> Trying to be careful I shortened it only about an inch and discovered I
was
> still well in the cw band.  After more tries than I care to mention, I
> finally got it to the point that the swr was under 2/1 between 7125 and
> 7275.
> The good (very good) news is no tvi, not a line.
> Rich