Hi Jerry;
The only band that made tuning a problem was 40 meters. The rest of the
bands are very flat.  How high are you  mounting the antenna?
Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Neufeld" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: criscraft r8


> 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]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> 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
>