[Elecraft] MFJ's good service
After complaining about the problems with my R8 vertical, I want to mention that not only did MFJ agree to send me a new trap under warranty, but I received it today! That is great service, considering that shipping to Israel from the US often takes a couple of weeks. I have learned an important lesson, which is that the R8 is actually rated for 750W CW (or 500 RTTY/digital), at least on the bands from 18 MHz and down. -- 73, Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO Rehovot, Israel http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] MFJ's good service
That is pretty surprising -- especially considering it's the holiday season and the effect that can have on the mail and other forms of shipping. I half expected you'd end up building your own coil, Vic. 73, Phil W7OX On 12/25/14 2:16 AM, Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO wrote: After complaining about the problems with my R8 vertical, I want to mention that not only did MFJ agree to send me a new trap under warranty, but I received it today! That is great service, considering that shipping to Israel from the US often takes a couple of weeks. I have learned an important lesson, which is that the R8 is actually rated for 750W CW (or 500 RTTY/digital), at least on the bands from 18 MHz and down. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] MFJ's good service
Yes, I was pleasantly surprised. Making my own coil would be harder than it looks. It has to be the correct inductance, of course, but the trap's capacitance is provided by the distributed capacitance between the turns of the coil and the capacitance between the coil and the aluminum trap cover. So it needs to be the same physical size and shape as the original, unless I want to be prepared to fool around with the length of the antenna. Because of the location on the roof, it isn't easy to take down and put up, so I would prefer a minimum of cut-and-try. On 25 Dec 2014 17:45, Phil Wheeler wrote: That is pretty surprising -- especially considering it's the holiday season and the effect that can have on the mail and other forms of shipping. I half expected you'd end up building your own coil, Vic. 73, Phil W7OX On 12/25/14 2:16 AM, Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO wrote: After complaining about the problems with my R8 vertical, I want to mention that not only did MFJ agree to send me a new trap under warranty, but I received it today! That is great service, considering that shipping to Israel from the US often takes a couple of weeks. I have learned an important lesson, which is that the R8 is actually rated for 750W CW (or 500 RTTY/digital), at least on the bands from 18 MHz and down. -- 73, Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO Rehovot, Israel http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
