Pushing 80 meter RF into an R8 could be very bad for the R8. The tuner has been able to find a match that allows the radio to pump RF into the coax to the antenna but that RF *might* be (mostly) going into the tuning network of the antenna instead of being radiated. Overstress is a definite possibility when doing that so please be careful.
Don K7FJ > Using my K3, with its built-in ATU, I am able to get a 1:1 match on 80 > meters using my R8 vertical, which isn't supposed to go lower than 40 > meters. I can also get a match that is better than 2:1 on 160. Obviously > though, the efficiency of this antenna on those bands is pretty lousy. I > really don't operate on 160, except I did work VP6DX on both SSB and CW > with > this arrangement. Their beverages did all the work though I'm sure. > ______________________________________________________________ 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
