[Antennas] Cushcraft R7 tuning dimensions

Dennis Wade sacramento.cyclist at gmail.com
Sun Nov 15 13:02:48 EST 2009


Thanks Dick!

Just to confirm that the manual is dated 7/93 (lower left corner of cover page)

Dennis

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 6:24 AM, Edward Dickinson, III
<softblue at windstream.net> wrote:
> Hi Dennis
>
> Please notice my comments to the left of your dimensions.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Dick - KA5KKT
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: antennas-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:antennas-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dennis Wade
> Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 2:32 AM
> To: antennas at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Antennas] Cushcraft R7 tuning dimensions
>
> Good evening,
>
>      I have the above subject antenna that I was given from a garage sale.
> It was taken down already, so I researched and found a manual copy online.
>
>      The scan quality however is very poor...poor enough that I can't be
> sure of some of the dimensions listed.  All the other online manuals seem to
> be the same (lack of) quality.
>
>      If you have a good quality copy or an original, could someone please
> confirm the lengths below.  The letters correspond to the ones used in
> Figure 5 (in step 3 of assembly).
>
>           Dimension         10 meters  A - 123 inches - Yes
>
>                             15 meters B - 15 5/8 inches - No - 10 5/8"
>
>                             17 meters C - 6 inches (?)  - Yes
>
>                             20 meters D - 16 inches (?) - Yes
>
>                             30 meters E - 16 inches (?) - Yes
>
>                             40 meters F - 28 inches (CW)- Yes
>                                                 22 inches (middle)
>                                                 17 1/8 inches (phone)
>
>          Any help is appreciated.  Thanks!
>
>                 Dennis

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Dennis L. Wade
KG6ZI
Carmichael, CA


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