On 3/7/02 1:48 PM, Stu Greene at wa2moe@firstinter.net wrote:
>At 01:23 PM 3/7/02 -0500, W4ZW wrote:
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>> The R-7 is a 3/16 wl vertical and the DX-77 is a hybrid windom fed 1/2
>> wave vertical.
>I own one, chimney mounted. It is not an antenna. It is a less than
>effective dummy load performing equally poorly on all bands
I have an R7000 at 8 feet, which I used as my primary antenna for almost
6 years.
My observations match Stu's. You can make contacts with this antenna, but
there are better choices.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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