I was busy during the recent discussion on the Cushcraft antennas,
and wanted to pass on my good experience with Cushcraft. I have a X7,
that was one of the earlier release versions. I had still not had the
time to assembled it, and they came out with a revised version. I
looked on there very informative web page, and saw the the newer
version had different measurements, and a different set of traps for
15m.
I called Cushcraft, and asked to speak to someone that handles there
Amateur Radio line. I was connected with Ed Hammand. I explained to
him that I had the early release version, and wanted to know if I
should:
1. Use it as is?
2. Use mine, but use the newer measurements , with my traps?
He gave me option 3, he sent me the instructions for the new version,
and also the newer 15m traps. My antenna had not been installed yet,
but was past the warrantee time. The new traps, and instructions
arrived in 6 days, FREE.
This X-7 is a very heavy duty antenna. 1/2 of all the elements and
the center 1/2 of the boom are double walled for added strength. I
have had it up since July 1 2000, and my country count with THIS
antenna is below.
I started a new log when the antenna went up.
Total available 334
Mixed 276
Phone 276
RTTY 16
40m 11
20m 192
17m 136
15m 202
12m 178
10m 250
This is from a TRI-bander antenna, with a 4 ele driven log cell.
Notice the 40m QSOs. These were with the X7 also. Just playing with
it, and one of those is with K5K from Kingman Reef.
This is not the highest gain tribander ever made, but it is sure one
of the best built. By the information above, you can see that it
does do its job just fine.....
I am 100% satisfied with the antenna, and Cushcraft.
73/DX, Bruce
PS. I think a lot of the response people get from dealers is tied
directly to the way they are approached. This is the way life is. We
are all just people, and have our good days and bad.
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Bruce Richards / WD4NGB /E30GA team leader/ ex HL9JV
DX Page http://www.qsl.net/wd4ngb
50 Miles North West of Nashville Tn
***** Eritrea DX-pedition ***********
http://www.qsl.net/eritrea/e3.htm
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