For what it's worth, the R6000 is very different from the R8.
On 20 Oct 2014 05:48, tom...@videotron.ca wrote:
Hi Robert,I can't seem to find any other messages in the reflector
about this topic. But in any case I have owned both a Cushcraft
R6000, and a HyGain AV620.I used both for at least 6 months before
moving to a cushcraft ma5b mini beam. Both antennas seemed to offer
similar performance. In this regard, I would give the edge to the
hy-gain. Both were excellent for dx, I made many qrp qso's from
Montreal to australia. The cushcraft had one annoying feature: The
minute it rained or snowed, the resonance went far off where it was
when dry. 200khz on 20m for example. The elecraft tuner took care of
it but it was annoying. The hygain has a lot of threaded rods which
need to be adjust to reach resonance. These rods are prone to seizing
the nuts on them. But once they re set the antenna never shifted in
resonance. The hygain brought me up to 200+ DXCC's. But I can tell
you this: Both are no substitute for the MA5B. Both are extremely
noisy. The MA5B gives two 2 S unit improvement as a minimum in almost
all cases, but the noise floor dropped 15dB. Anyways, they both are
good antennas, but I would suppliment them with an active antenna and
a noise phaser to null out the noise sources, which improves them
considerably. Hope this helps. Tom va2fsq.com
On 10/19/14, Robert G Strickland <rc...@verizon.net> wrote:
Vic... Any thoughts on choosing the Cushcraft over the Hy-Gain for
a vertical? ...robert
On 10/18/2014 14:55, Vic Rosenthal K2VCO/4X6GP wrote:
I put up an R8 vertical on a small building (containing my shack)
that sits on the roof.
-- Robert G Strickland, PhD ABPH - KE2WY rc...@verizon.net.usa
Syracuse, New York, USA
--
Vic
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73,
Vic, K2VCO/4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
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