Hi Rich;

The only thing I can tell you is that I have a friend who puts up antennas 
and he told me that the GAP is one of the most well constructed antennas 
he's ever seen.

73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 8:45 PM
Subject: [BLIND-HAMS] Buffalo snow storm


> Hi everyone;
> The snow is gone, the antenna is history, and there are still lots of 
> trees
> down.  I was using a kushcraft r8 which was roof mounted.  It was 
> convenient
> in that it came with a counterpoise which supposedly avoided the need for
> long wire tuned radials.  It would appear that it just isn't sturdy enough
> for this area, however.
> I have looked at the gap but some of the reviews on e-ham were not exactly
> encouraging.  Butternut makes a good product but it can be hard to 
> initially
> tune and then we have to deal with a set of radials.  The step-ir was also
> very interesting but I was never certain if it was self supporting and 
> then
> we go back to radials.
> Are there some exciting options out there I haven't looked at?  This is a
> reasonably sized city lot about 50 by 140 problem is there is one pole at
> the rear of my yard which services my home and both neighbors.  Needless 
> to
> say there are lots of wires al ready up there.  I would much prefer a nice
> simple dipole and it certainly would be easier to put up.
> 73
> Rich
>