Reviews of Cushcraft R6000?

[Mark Nagurka]

Was wondering whether there have been any reviews of the Cushcraft R6000
antenna?
Would be grateful for any info before buying one.
Thanks.
73, Mark WA3RMV
mnag...@execpc.com

[KZ750E3]

>Was wondering whether there have been any reviews of the Cushcraft R6000
>antenna?
>Would be grateful for any info before buying one.
>Thanks.

I purchased one and recieved it Thursday. Put it up Today. I have several
inverted vees and as far as recieveing, better signal strength on 20, 17, and
10 meters. Very wide VSWR badwith on all bands, even more than they claim.
Just had my first DX contact on 20meters on it and it was 57 to Beliz. The fit
and finish and materials was impressive to me.
I mounted the antenna on a 10' piece of 1 1/2 " OD conduit. I was looking for
reviews myself before purchase, but figured it was like the R-5 but more
improved. Can't tell you about 6meters though, I don't have that capability.
The first four bands though, 6/10/12/15meters, come before the two traps and
17/20 are after.
73's, Bill
http://members.aol.com/kz750e3

[Stu Olson]

I put one up several weeks ago. I mounted the base at approximately 20'. I
originally had a problem trying to get a good VSWR on 17 meters. A quick
note to Cushcraft about the problem brought back a solution that worked just
fine (reset the 17 meter dimension on the antenna and bend the counterpoise
elements down to a 45 degree angle). With that accomplished, I now have
very reasonable VSWR readings on all bands (I've not verified 6 meters since
I do not use it and I have a 30Mhz low pass filter in line with the
antenna).

I put on up since I don't have a good yard and supports for some dipoles,
etc. It sets nicely at 20' and my wife even commented that it was a "nice"
looking antenna (what ever that means?).

I can' really compare it to other HF antennas since I've not had any at this
QTH. However, it suits my needs well and I've worked more than enough
stations to convince me that it is doing a good job.

I would recommend it to anyone needing a multi-band vertical.

73......Stu N7QJP

Mark Nagurka wrote in message <6rjt4o$k...@newsops.execpc.com>...

>Was wondering whether there have been any reviews of the Cushcraft R6000
>antenna?
>Would be grateful for any info before buying one.
>Thanks.

>73, Mark WA3RMV
>mnag...@execpc.com
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