Cushcraft R9 Antenna Crank-Up Mast

[@richardlitwin4046]

Thank you for showing us your antenna. I hope you have much enjoyment with your radio broadcasting. It's something I've always wanted to do since I was a child, but so far I've not gotten to it. Greetings from South Africa. Jesus is Lord and has saved us from our sins through his death and resurrection.

[@buckeye5704]

Hi Richard! I have family in Rustenberg. Can't wait for Dec to go back for our second visit. This time for the holidays and a longer stay. Blessings!

[@AdamosDad]

I have been a HAM since Dec. 2019, and I'm 72 years old. You can do it.

[@NelsonReyesJr]

The problem with the concrete fed grounding rod, is that a lightning strike will destroy your foundation because of water and humidity in the concrete. Use a separate grounding rod. You should also seal the end of your co-ax conduit. It will gather rain and destroy your feed line. Great design and video!

[@flandriaworx4634]

Nelson Reyes that ground- rod advice makes sense. Do you mean that the rod should be inserted into the earth beside or near the concrete base?

[@AdamBoettiger]

@@flandriaworx4634 Yes. I think that is what he means. That the one in the concrete, beautiful as it is, should not be used. Adam W7MP

[@davepuckett3197]

Used your installation as a model for my R9 install. Works great! Thanks for putting this video up, Wayne! 73!!

[@vistabarmancave]

Excellent! I’m glad it worked out for you. 73.

[@calpilot7]

Awesome setup. Great work.

[@richardshort4587]

Obviously you found an answer to the plug for the top of the antenna but I would like to suggest (depending on the diameter at the top) using a walking cane or crutch rubber tip. This looks like an excellent set up. Great job well done 👍 God bless and 73 from Canada 🇨🇦

[@vistabarmancave]

Thank you!

[@veggiepowered]

I'am Your Newest Subscriber Great Videos

[@patrickhogan1218]

Nice job thanks for sharing its given me a few ideas on how to install my antana system

[@vistabarmancave]

Excellent! Glad to hear that.

[@Tony2tall]

Fabulous design!

[@vistabarmancave]

Thank you!

[@jimmadaffer6137]

Great video, thank you.

[@douglaswilliams6834]

Nice set up. I'm trying to decide between an R9 and a Hustler 5BTV.

[@o00scorpion00o]

what did you get after and what do you think of it ?

[@111111111Tiger]

I saw in another vid to not do a grounding rod in concrete. Why? He said it would explode in the concrete if lightning hit it because of the moisture in the concrete. Just sharing. He did his in the ground next to the slab.

[@AdamBoettiger]

Great video! Adam W7MP

[@vistabarmancave]

Thank you Adam. 73.

[@miguelsalami]

Looks Nice👍👍 Would a setup like this hold a Sirio SY27-4 ?

[@seeharvester]

Maybe, maybe not.

[@hemitj]

Like the video but can barely hear half of it. Is there any way to fix the audio?

[@Flyingfinn82]

I will tell you that the ground rod shouldn’t be used as it stands and a New ground rod should be placed next to the pad. I have seen lightening ground thru a concrete based ground rod and the lightening itself blew apart the concrete into large chunks. Not to say how you have it won’t work, but should you get struck by a lightening storm it may cause more work in the end.

[@wa4ne142]

FlyingfinnRC Thanks for the information. Fortunately here in Southern California we don’t get too many thunderstorms. However I will definitely lower the antenna using the winch if a thunderstorm is close by.

[@RanchLife411]

How well do you receive 80/75 M on this antenna? I’m looking at this antenna and the AV 680. I have read reviews that the 680 doesn’t have great 80M reception as well as some issues on 20M. I’m wondering if the R9’is the way to go...Michael KN4USB

[@wa4ne142]

Michael Rosenberg The antenna receives and transmits well on 75/80 meters however the bandwidth is fairly narrow. My R9 is tuned around 3.800MHz. I have a little elbow room for tuning/ transmitting above and below 3.800MHz. I’ve spoken with hams in New Mexico from San Diego a couple of times on 80 meters using this antenna. Overall I’m really happy with the performance of the antenna on 20, 40, and 80 meters. I haven’t done much on any of the other bands yet. 73.

[@larryjanson4011]

yes good job....but. ground rod must not be in the concrete. the hinge point of your poles, needs to be rebuilt. weld in a pipe for the bolt to go through. one long two short pipes. short go through the standing pipes the one welded to the tower goes through them.then bolt holds it all together. no washers needed. do not hook to a chain link fence if worse happens it will tear out the fence, and you should be using ss steel wire, and insulators at the antenna and were the wire gets to about 7-8 feet above ground level (shock thing). then fix to concrete plugs a good couple feet into the ground. think over kill here as nobody needs a friend turning into a court problem.

[@Flip2Flower1]

Nice clean install. Professional job. Does your winch lower it also or will it only raise it? KD9NTD

[@vistabarmancave]

Kevin Wilkerson Thank you. The winch lowers and raises the antenna and mast. I have a separate KZbin video that demonstrates this.

[@richarde735]

what are the rails on top of the chain link fence? they look like rollers.

[@danacuster8064]

anti-coyote rollers

[@dangarley807]

Remove winch handle when not using winch, more difficult for mischievous kids to try to lower.

[@melangiehayden4167]

Like

[@K4SRF]

What diameter is your fence pipe?

[@vistabarmancave]

The diameter of the fence pipe is 1 7/8” just shy of 2”. It’s schedule 40.

[@K4SRF]

@@vistabarmancave Thanks. I am building a tilt-tower and took some of your ideas.

[@josefbuckland]

Audio sounds as bad as the woodpecker on my frequency.

[@jamesbondinspector]

Audio too low

[@vistabarmancave]

Yeah, I’m not sure what happened there.

[@robinbrown7019]

Poor audio on your video .not worth my time .

[@vistabarmancave]

Yeah I agree but everyone else that commented found it helpful…

[@seeharvester]

I used to complain about low audio videos. Then I got myself a pair of decent speakers.