Hi Jerry;
I also loved the r8 but the thing just kept blowing down.  I wish they would 
work on strengthening it.  For $2,000 you should have had your guys work on a 
dipole.  Now how many sighted hams would pay 2,000 for antenna work other than 
a tower?
Richard

On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:51:08 -0400, Jerry Neufeld wrote:


>Hi folks,
>
>A story of woe with regard to the Gap Titan. While I was delighted with =
>the performance of my Cushcraft R8, the best vertical I have had in over =
>50 years, I wanted to benefit from CW work on 80, at least I thought I =
>did. So, I hired an expert fellow to take my R8 down and, in its place, =
>put up a new Gap Titan about which I had heard good things. I still do. =
>From the outset I had problems. I have it roof-mounted, a no no for the =
>Titan it would seem, with its exotic counter-poise system. While the =
>antenna must be good, so many say it is, mine clearly is unhappy where =
>it lives. It seems that these antennas like lots of open space around =
>them, be about eight feet off the ground and have the coax feed line =
>coming off at an angle, preferably 45 degrees, a very far cry from my =
>situation. Next Tuesday, my man returns to haul the Titan down and, yes =
>you guessed it, put the R8 back in its place. The entire misadventure =
>will have cost me two thousand dollars including the labor for two guys.
>
>Oh well, didn't need noisy 80 all that much anyway.
>
>Regards to all,
>
>Jerry  VE3QSO
>
>
>----- Original Message -----=20
>From: John Miller=20
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:39 PM
>Subject: Re: Gap Antenna
>
>
>I know someone who bought one and found he couldn't put it up because =
>of the=20
>way his land is. He can put up all the dipoles he wants but for some =
>reason,=20
>the vertical, he had a bunch of experienced help come over and they =
>all said=20
>it couldn't be done for some reason. I can check with him on why later =
>when=20
>I talk to him. I also know a few people who run them and like them. =
>Another=20
>one he might want to look at is the 05 line of antennas, google them =
>and=20
>you'll find them easy, what I'm told, they make a better antenna. I =
>know a=20
>few people running them.
>----- Original Message -----=20
>From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 11:58 AM
>Subject: Gap Antenna
>
>
>>This is for a friend of mine.
>>
>>
>>Steve, K8SP
>>
>>I'm contemplating the erection of a Gap Titan 80/10 mtr antenna. Do =
>you=20
>>know
>>anyone using such a critter, and, if so, how well does it work and =
>how
>>difficult is it to construct, A.S., wa7fxb=20