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CHOKING, THE COAX FEED LINE AND THE ANTENNA CONTROL LINES, IF USED BECOMES
PART OF THE ANTENNA.  AS A RESULT, TRANSMITTED RF CAN INTERFERE WITH THE ON
BOARD ELECTRONICS, AND ONBOARD ELECTRONICS CAN INTERFERE WITH OUR ABILITY
TO HEAR WEAK STATIONS.  NEW PRODUCTS THE CUSHCRAFT SR 5 IS A NINE ELEMENT
MULTIBAND HF YAGI THAT COVERS THE 20, 17, 15, 12, AND 10 METER BANDS WITH A
SINGLE FEED POINT.  WITH A BOOM LENGTH OF 11 1/2 FEET, ITS REDUCED IN
LENGTH BY MORE THAN 30, BUT STILL GIVES THE SAME PERFORMANCE ON ALL FIVE HF
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BANDS.  THE SR 5 ALSO COMES WITH A CAPACITY LOADED 20 METER ELEMENT OPTION
AND REDUCED TURNING RADIUS 19R78 FEET, WIND LOADING OF 4 SQUARE FEET, IS
RATED FOR WIND SURVIVAL UP TO 124 MPH, AND WEIGHS 61 POUNDS.  THERES ALSO
THE CUSHCRAFT SR 3 FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR A MULTIBAND YAGI FOCUSED ON THE
10, 15, AND 20 METER BANDS.  MFJ RF SENSE SDR RECEIVER TR SWITCH AN
INEXPENSIVE, WIDE BAND SDR DONGLE RECEIVER FOR HF, VHF, AND UHF LETS YOU
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