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I
think its also like so many other things: they don't break if you have
replacements handy.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
I've had my HF6V close to 20 years, and I've never had the
caps break. I even have a spare set that someone gave me so that I'd be
ready when it happened... never has. I think it's like so many things,
they break if they're not installed correctly (ie overtightened)
73, ron wn3vaw
"Doc? You built a time machine... out of a DeLorean?"
"The way I
look at it, if you're going to build a time machine out of a car, you might as
well do it with style!"
-- Marty McFly & Dr. Emmet Brown, "Back
to the Future"
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 7:32
PM
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT]
re:verticals
Sorry you're unhappy with the GAP Challenger. Just a couple
things though. It is resonant on 80 meters but not 160 meters, so it is no
surprise you screamed your lungs out without a response. The problem with
most multiband antennas seems to be their lack of efficiency on the lowest
band on which they are resonant. I can't say that I have 5BDXCC on my GAP,
but I CAN tell you that I have 4 band dxcc, and with 327 entities worked and
confirmed, I'll hit the honor roll next submission. That was all done
on a GAP over several years. You shouldn't knock it until you've used
other verticals. It could be worse. The Butternuts do about as well, but are
hard to tune and the doorknob caps have a bad habit of
breaking........
73
Gary
AB5RM
Timothy Varnadore
wrote:
What can I do (save selling it or making
it a tomato hanger - I already have a dummy load!) with a GAP
Challenger - I got suckered into it last year at the Miami hamfest because
I dont have room for anything but a vertical (especially on 160M) . A few
days after I bought it, there was a 160M contest. I was screaming my
brains out and made maybe 5 contacts. It heard halfway decent, but wouldnt
xmit for crap.
Is there someone who was able to 'fix' it?
And if so, how?
Also,
has anyone used trap dipoles? I had one given to me sealed in a box
(Hy-Gain 5B-DQ). I dont want to take it out if it isnt great - (I could
sell it to make back some of the lost cash from the GAP!)
I do have room for this, but I have a
G5RV up now along with an R-6000 vertical. (works good)
Tnx - 73 Tim
KB4UF
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