> John,
>
> I put the Cushcraft 40 meter add-on on my A4S a few years ago. I blew up
> the 20 meter traps (the add-on) twice with only 500 Watts. The construction
> of the traps, when disassembled, was awful. Unless you're going to stay at
> 200-300 Watts, I would discourage this approach.
>
> 73,
>
> Joe, W1JR
>
> At 09:58 AM 9/20/2002 -0400, brewerj@squared.com wrote:
>
> >Can anyone provide any first hand information regarding the Cushcraft
> >add-on for
> >the A4S and A3 antennas?
> >
> >A rotatable dipole for 40M sounds great, but I dont want to auger the
Joe where you contesting when you blew the traps? I have the 40M kit installed
on my A3S and have run 1KW through it on several occausions to make DX contacts
(short exchanges)and have had no problems to date.
Julio, W4HY
> >performance
> >of the rest of the antenna in the process.
> >
> >John
> >
> >
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