I have had two of the Gap Eagle vertical antennas and they use no ground
raidials as they have three pretty long counter poise rods. I talked all
over the world on these antennas. All of us hams have had our own
experiences and some of them worked for us and some did not. I do not put
down anything that has worked for another ham but it might not work for me.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: Getting Off Of The Blind Hams List?
> Tom and Chris,
>
> Unlike many other verticals, the Titan doesn't require radials. That
> antenna is actually called a vertical dipole. I think that means that the
> antenna is center fed, as opposed to being fed from the base like most
> other
> verticals. In addition to not needing radials, the antenna is supposed to
> be quite flat over much of its coverage area. I'm interested in finding
> out
> more about the Gap antennas, so I'm looking forward to hearing any
> reports.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 16:28
> Subject: Re: Getting Off Of The Blind Hams List?
>
>
>> Kris:
>>
>> I don't know a whole lot about the Gap Titan, and how it compares to the
>> hustler variety of verticals, so I'll defer to the others on the list
>> about
>> that.
>>
>> Any vertical, though, to perform well, will require a good set of
>> radials,
>> which I know you already have for your Hustler.
>>
>> Regarding 10 meters, there wasn't a whole lot of activity here in
>> Michigan
>> either--probably about 15 or 20 stations on at one time, but the band was
>> really up and down.
>>
>> So, it may or may not be your antenna.
>>
>> Anyway, let's see what the others think.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kris Hickerson" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 10:10 AM
>> Subject: Re: Getting Off Of The Blind Hams List?
>>
>>
>> Tom,
>>
>> I don't know what was going on with 10 meters here yesterday, but I
>> didn't
>> hear anything.
>>
>> Speaking of antennas, I'm considering changing from the Hustler to a Gap
>> Titan in the spring. Do you have any thoughts on this? I do so poorly
>> on
>> 40 and 80 with the Hustler, and, apparently, on 10 as well. So I'd like
>> to
>> get something that will give me better coverage on all the bands if I
>> can.
>>
>> I'd love to have a tower with a beam, who wouldn't, but in the middle of
>> a
>> subdivision, I don't think that would go over too well.
>>
>> Concerning the issue of off topic stuff. I think we need to tolerate a
>> little of that. I don't want to be on 400 different lists, and sometimes
>> I
>> just have one question about something and all I need is one answer. We
>> havd a vast amout of knowledge between us all and we should be able to
>> share
>> that.
>>
>> 73
>> Kris
>>
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