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Posted by: Stuart K5KVH Posted On: 09/05/01 Subject: Re: which vertical to buy Message Posted: In Reply to: Re: which vertical to buy posted by John - KOØKY on 06/25/01 I have the Gap Titan and am completely satisfied. For durability, it survived without damage, 70 mph winds outflow from an F5 tornado in the area. It went together with only the 40m wire counterpoise adjustment to make, for my favorite band section. It gave me more than the specified BW on 80m. It meets all specs on all bands. Very heavy duty, you need either the tilt over base, which you can home make very cheaply; or you need about 3 folks to raise it up, it is very heavy and 25 feet so it is a handful. It is an asymmetric vertical dipole, thus is ground independent as a dipole would be. Any ground effects are well outside your yard, so probably nothing you can improve in that dept. per modeling by noted antenna author L. B. Cebik. The manual could be better, but it is not worse than others. The best thing is this antenna has no traps to blow or tuned circuits to adjust for normal installation. Just do not place it close, (or any vertical) to metal poles, fences, or other conductors which could detune it. It has given a good account on DX, short skip, high and low bands, ARES emergency and Hurricane nets. Often I can hear and relay when stations using beams do not have propagation to areas with low power emergency stations. I elevated mine 6 feet off yard, in center of back yard, and unless you look for the tip of the antenna, you cannot see it over a one story gable roof. |
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