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 > > [log in to unmask] > > ----- 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 >