Maybe a quick email to Balun Designs could produce a better quality matching network for the R5? This crossed my mind earlier today and I wonder if this is a reasonable way to make the R5 a decent antenna for the higher bands.
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 11:25 AM, David Gilbert <[email protected]>wrote: > > Having once owned an R-5, and having opened the "matching network" box to > see what's inside it, I'd take the cobweb antenna over the R-5 for > performance any day. > > Dave AB7E > > > > > On 5/31/2013 3:35 AM, Bill wrote: > >> For the rather rare times I operate on the "DX" bands, I use a Cushcraft >> R5 (five bands 10-20). Much smaller foot print than a cobweb style antenna. >> Has been up for over twenty years and is still going. >> >> Bill W2BLC >> > > ______________________________**______________________________**__ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecraft<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> > Post: mailto:[email protected].**net <[email protected]> > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Rick McClelland, AA5S Fort Collins, CO ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
