I just rcvd one of these beauties in the mail, they look great. A big
thank you to Lew W7EW, Bob AA6VB ( Donor ), every one that was
patient in working my Lil Pistol signal last running of this fine
event. With luck, I'll be on again this year too, but Murphy may get
the upper hand.
73's
And one should never rely on a single source of information unless it has
been well vetted. That is something that wont happen on Antennex but there
are enough qualified people on Eham and here to seperate truth and fiction.
Carl
KM1H
- Original Message -
From: Bill Aycock
And one should never rely on a single source of information unless it has
been well vetted. That is something that wont happen on Antennex but there
are enough qualified people on Eham and here to seperate truth and
fiction.
Unfortunately that isn't true.
The number of people viewing
Fortunately it is true since I stipulated qualified people as in plural.
That is not true. Accuracy is not determined by a vote or opinion poll.
I can give dozens of examples, but one that comes to mind is use of a balun
on the input of an unbalanced network tuner. That was popularly accepted
I am considering installing one of these hi-z or DXE buffered-type receiving
4-square arrays for 160/80. The best place on the property is on the north
west corner - in a location about 400’ from the transmit vertical. It’s got a
clear shot NE to EU and is about 600’ from the nearest house.
Jeff, I live on what was once a pasture with barbed wire fencing about
90' diagonally from one corner of the 4-square. I didn't worry about
the fence when I first installed the array and it seemed to work OK.
When I was having what turned out to be a hardware problem, I cut the
barbed wire
On 12/11/2012 1:36 PM, Jeff Blaine wrote:
I am considering installing one of these hi-z or DXE buffered-type receiving
4-square arrays for 160/80. The best place on the property is on the north
west corner - in a location about 400’ from the transmit vertical. It’s got a
clear shot NE to EU
That sounds more like relays are not being gotten voltage out at the PVS
switch unit. 1,2,3,G all have to be separate wires to the controller.
Particularly suspicious like G may be mixed up with one of the 123 guys,
which would keep any operating voltage from the relays. If you had to do
any
When you switch directions do you see any (even slight) change in the swr or
power into the dummy load??? How far do you have to move the frequency before
you see power increase in the dummy load??
John
K9dx
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:13:09 -0500
From: olin...@bellsouth.net
To:
Jeff - the southern periphery of my 8 circle vertical array (W8JI broad
side/end fire passive version) is 75 feet from a barb wire fence that runs
a quarter mile east and west. While one might claim some theoretical
interaction I have not documented any or identified any performance
degradation as
So my question is does anyone have actual experience with these
antennas (especially the voyager) as compared to other antennas for a
specific frequency. Now guys .. I know you cant really compare a 6 element
beam to a vertical of this kind but I am talking about a comparison that
is
K7LXC book review was with the Titan. It was a poor performer against
the Challenger, much less my other antennas IMHO of my testing between
the two, Junk!
de ns9i
On 12/11/2012 5:13 PM, Tom W8JI wrote:
So my question is does anyone have actual experience with these
antennas
I have a Gap Titan. As the other people indicate it is not as good as a
whole variety of other antennas. It is only good for 80 and up. I find
that it works fairly well on 40 and 20M. Do I get stomped on in a pile-up -
yes I do. Will I eventually make the contact - probably. At times my
While one might claim some theoretical
interaction I have not documented any or identified any performance
degradation as a result.
I see Big Gun Mike, W5UC, has a lot of experience with RX arrays close to
fences has responded as well.
The rusty twisted-joint barbed wire fences by my RX
The GAP Voyager is not much better than a dummy load on 160m. On 80m and
40m it received fairly well compared to my other 80 and 40 antennas.
Doug
Original Message-
With the prospect of downsizing and moving into senior housing in the future
I am starting to look at vertical antennas that
Tom,
Having fought (and lost) a battle of harmonics from an environmental
unintended mixer at the last QTH, I really can feel trouble with that
blasted fence. The good news is that the transmit antenna is about 100' +
from the fence, and the other antennas are several hundred feet further
I don't know about the Gaps, but a 43' vertical fed through a 4:1 unun works
very well for me on 40-10 meters on a remote hilltop. On 80 and 160 I simply
top load it with a long wire. When not in use the wire can either be wrapped
around the antenna, or in the summers, removed. Yes there is
The GAP Voyager is not much better than a dummy load on 160m. On 80m and
40m it received fairly well compared to my other 80 and 40 antennas.
Doug
Original Message-
With the prospect of downsizing and moving into senior housing in the future
I am starting to look at vertical antennas
I had a GAP Voyager when I lived in Albuquerque. My subjective opinion was
that it worked well on 80 and 40, was a dud on 20, and was very inefficient
on 160, where I was lucky to work east of the Mississippi.
73, Jim N7US
-Original Message-
The GAP Voyager is not much better than a
Thanks to K9JWV and WC7S for sponsoring the plaque which arrived today at my
home. It is for the Top USA QRP Score west of the Mississippi.
Thanks to the Boring ARC and to Lew for the super job they do.
de Milt, N5IA
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I'de like to make an addition to this post of mine, and Thank N0TT -
Charles for the Youngest op with 100+ QSO's award , that Plaque
arrived today, another very deep thank you for the organizers all
whom took part. I'm really going to try and be on this year, its just
been very hectic with the
Your question is about the Gap antennae and I have no experience with
them. After reading some of the replies you got back I thought I'd
mention my antennae system which is both OK some what of a joke.
I have a long coax leading to a good location for radials and I have
a 5 position remote
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