[Antennas] Cushcraft R7 tuning

[E. Jerold Forwood]

You will find the complete manual for the R7, available for either
viewing or printing at http://www.cushcraft.com/support/pdf/r7.pdf

73 de Jerry, K�EJF



On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:24:44 -0600 "Jim Best" <wu7g@attbi.com> writes:
> 
>Can anyone give me a hint on tuning the R-7.  I bought a used one
>and the adjustments that the previous owner had used were way off 
>for my location.  Then I connected a ground and everything changed
>again.  Low SWR is on the lower freqs and 40 meters tunes around
>7.070 mhz, twenty tunes at 14.100, seventeen tunes at the low
>end of eighteen, 15 meters tunes at the low end of fifteen. Ten
>and twelve meters seem to be OK.  Does one actually move the
>capacitance rods in and out?  I tried that on 10 just for grins and 
>couldn't move it.  
> 
>I might eventually figure this out but thought someone out there
> had a similar experience.
> 
>         Thanks 
>         Jim WU7G