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KA8OCN
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 3, 2011 18:24
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Mines over 10 years old
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Mine is over 10 years old and is still working very well. I did have a problem with the matching box, I was using a auto tuner on it and the tuner caused a problem. It was repaired under warranty and I never had a problem with it again.
I purchased a second one damaged on ebay, I had to rebuild the matching network and its working great for the guy I got it for, he uses it every day with a amp and no problems for over 3 years.
If you see one for sale used for a good price grab it, if you grab mine I will break your arm!
73 Del Mt Morris, Mi
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K3ROJ
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 3, 2011 14:42
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23,000 Contacts so far
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I thought I left a review for the R8 but to repeat, it has performed very well for me since 1999. Only one time did I need to swing it down and retighten a screw holding the 40 meter trap to it's connection. I also use a 43 foot vertical with a roller inductor tuner so that we can operate dual diversity reception using my Flex 5000A with it's second receiver. The counterpoise seems to do the trick instead of buried radials.
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