Agreed. One of my concerns is than the pitch of the roof is about 8/8
if not 10/8. Getting it in the middle would also be a problem. I could
put it at one end at the peak but suspect that might kill the tuning.
This is for a cabin in Mountains. I would not leave the antenna up in
the winter however as snow can be as much as 10 feet. Winds? No idea
but we had a microburst several years ago which dropped nearly 100 125
foot lodge pole pines. I likely will do wire this year and think about
something else for beyond that.
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BRETT WINCHESTER
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-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lou Kline
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 5:50 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: gap titon
Hi Brett.
That is a tall and heavy antenna. If you are going to mount it up
there, I would reinforce whatever you mount it on six ways to sunday and
guy the living daylights out of it!
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 03:53 PM 6/29/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>Lou, What about on the top of a resonant 30x30 Steel roof? =20
>
>
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>BRETT WINCHESTER
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lou Kline
>Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:07 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: gap titon
>
>Hi Richard. I guess my point was that I, too, found it necessary to
>get the bottom of the antenna about 7 ft into the air.
>
>I don't think it is conducive to ground mounting.
>
>73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>At 01:28 PM 6/28/2007 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi;
> >The thing that surprised me was that there was a gap titan for sale
> >on=20 the arrl site and when talking with the owner I was advised
> >that his=20 was mounted two feet above ground. If I have the bottom
> >of this=20 antenna pictured correctly it would seem that the
> >horizontal sections=20 would get in the path with it that close to
the ground.
> >I'm still looking for a qualified installer or two and I've
> >learned=20 that looking at an antenna in the box can be very
annoying.
> >Both the gap and butternut seem interesting although their
> >approaches=20 are very different.
> >Richard
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9:22 PM
> >Subject: Re: gap titon
> >
> >
> >Hi.
> >
> >It isn't really a counterpoise in the classic sense but rather a=20
> >capacity hat (except it is on the bottom). I have mine mounted on
> >a=20 ten foot section of heavy walled masting, which is fastened to
> >the tilt
>
> >over base that GAP sells. That base works extremely well,
> >provided=20 that you dig a good hole and mount it in about four of
> >the 80 lb. bags
>of concrete.
> >
> >Mine has been severly tested--it went through all three rounds of=20
> >severe thunderstorms that we had last week and stayed up, which
> >makes=20 it decidedly more rugged than some of the trees around here!
> >
> >I think the GAP can be a very reliable antenna if you mount it=20
> >properly, but it pays to over engineer it and try to make it as
> >bomb=20 proof as possible.
> >
> >73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> >
> >
> >At 11:03 AM 6/27/2007 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Hi;
> > >I believe Lou and others on this list are using this antenna. I
> > >ran=20 into someone using the antenna mounted six inches above
> > >ground. Am I
>
> > >correct that there is a counterpoise at the base? Wonder how
> > >one=20 avoids lawn mower issues with the counterpoise essentially
> > >at the
>ground.
> > >A picture is indeed a thousand words.
> > >Richard
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >9:08 PM
> >
> >Louis Kim Kline
> >A.R.S. K2LKK
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>Louis Kim Kline
>A.R.S. K2LKK
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