> One thing to consider (a non-Gap subject as this thread is drifting, sorry)
> is to make your 80M loop into a 160 dipole when desired if a 160 aerial isn't
> available. It can be done mechanically by separating the loop half-way around
> (via a relay, or connecting drooping ends from the ground...done that once),
> or electrically by inserting a wound coil at that point (not sure of the coil
> specs, however. Just read about it being done. Might be another Amateur Urban
> Legend).
>
> A side note. The tall GAP Voyager did serve some useful purpose during the
> forest fire that burned my tree supports out in the woods. I disassembled it
> before the fire arrived and used the aluminum tubing to hold several common
> yard sprinklers off the ground and staked in a perimeter around the
> dwellings. The sprinklers and water pumped from a nearby lake saved the
> structures.
>
> The Titan I returned to town, but was discarded when I put up the tower and
> SteppIR beam.
>
> 73, Gary NL7Y
>
>
>> Personally, I use an 80 M loop - I like it especially for stateside contest
>> like Sweep or FD. Nice solid signal on 40M and 80M. It does much better
>> than the Titan. But the Titan is much less maintenance and I don't have to
>> put it up and rebuild it each year.
>>
>> With two hurricanes, no guying and no maintenance work at all, the antenna
>> stays up, good SWR and I can make the occasional contact. Will I ever be
>> the big dog - nope. I had a much better station in the mid-west, but we all
>> make compromises,.
>>
>
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