Hi;
The thing that surprised me was that there was a gap titan for sale on the 
arrl site and when talking with the owner I was advised that his was mounted 
two feet above ground.  If I have the bottom of this antenna pictured 
correctly it would seem that the horizontal sections 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 that 
looking at an antenna in the box can be very annoying.
Both the gap and butternut seem interesting although their approaches are 
very different.
Richard
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From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
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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 capacity
hat (except it is on the bottom).  I have mine mounted on a ten foot
section of heavy walled masting, which is fastened to the tilt over base
that GAP sells.  That base works extremely well, provided 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 severe
thunderstorms that we had last week and stayed up, which makes 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 properly,
but it pays to over engineer it and try to make it as bomb 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 into
>someone using the antenna mounted six inches above ground.  Am I correct
>that there is a counterpoise at the base?  Wonder how one avoids lawn mower
>issues with the counterpoise essentially at the ground.
>A picture is indeed a thousand words.
>Richard
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