[Antennas] CUSHCRAFT SAGA

Wed, 13 Feb 2002 20:04:32 -0500

If you're talking about a HyGain BN-86 Balun ... well, they've been
known to BLOW UP .. happened to mine once on a 15m 5-el at 75' .. and NO
EASY WAY to get to the feedpoint!  
If you decide to use that balun [it's 1:1], you MUST be sure NOT to put
too much RF into it .. and you MUST NOT put the wrong transmit frequency
into it, either!
Good luck!
Don
N8DE

Jim Clark wrote:
> 
> I have been following this also and that is the main reason I bought the
> Hygain AV620 about 1 1/2 years ago.
> I checked the site with the diagram of the black box and it is
> strikingly similar to the box on the Hygain.
> I think I will take it down and take a few pics to compare.
> I wonder if they would be close enough to use on the Cushcraft?
> I have had very satisfactory dealings with the guys at Hygain.
> About 3 months after I put it up I burned up the decoupling balun
> (actually my fault I guess for running 1kw on a portion of 10meters with
> high SWR.) One of the toroids fractured. One call did it. They did not
> have the whole black box available at that moment to send me but offered
> to send me the balun to replace myself and I did.
> I was back on the air in less than a week.
> 
> Jim, N5QL
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of GoJolly
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 4:50 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Antennas] CUSHCRAFT SAGA
> 
> Read with interest the post today about Cushcraft being unwilling to
> sell
> components for the antennas.
> 
> Personally, I would think that is a not so subtle message about what
> kind
> of company Cushcraft is.  Seems like time to deal with someone else.
> 
> Bill K6ERQ
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