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21. Re: [TowerTalk] Gotham antennas (score: 1): Author: <donovanf@starpower.net>; Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 23:59:22 -0400 (EDT); Don, K1JYN is now K6LL. W1CMH is now W1RR, but has been inactive for some time. Another 1960s Providence, RI teenager was Ed, K1LDK, now AJ6V. I'm sure you'll find me in your 1960s index file, too. D; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00429.html (21,522 bytes)
22. Re: [TowerTalk] Gotham antennas (score: 1): Author: "Jim Pruitt" <wa7duy@charter.net>; Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 21:08:15 -0700; I remember Gotham quite well. I also learned the hard way that cheap was not necessarily good! I bought a 4 element 15 meter yagi from them from an ad in QST. When I put it up I could work just as ma; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00430.html (12,309 bytes)
23. Re: [TowerTalk] Gotham antennas (score: 1): Author: "Van K7VS" <wa7fab@cdsnet.net>; Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 21:49:28 -0700; Nope, that wasn't typical for me. My second Gotham was a two element quad that worked just dandy and was working everything I could hear on twenty and fifteen and ten as well. I put it up in 1965. My; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00431.html (15,211 bytes)
24. Re: [TowerTalk] Gotham antennas (score: 1): Author: "Paul Christensen" <w9ac@arrl.net>; Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:39:58 -0400; The beam antennas actually worked remarkably well although they certainly were not "Plug-'n-Play." The building experience was more akin to a magazine construction project with Gotham supplying most; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00432.html (9,437 bytes)
25. Re: [TowerTalk] Gotham Antennas (score: 1): Author: "Norm Duxbury" <duxburyn@bellsouth.net>; Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:43:36 -0400; Frank, I still have a QSL from K1LPL, worked from 6O1ND. You were running 100W to a wire antenna. I think the card has a 2-cent stamp on it! 73, Norm - W1MO (W1WIQ in early 50's in RI) time. Another; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00433.html (8,591 bytes)
26. Re: [TowerTalk] Gotham antennas (score: 1): Author: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:02:06 -0700; There's a lot to be said for antennas that don't require any fiddling out of the box, especially if they're a kit. Consider, for instance, the Alpha Delta series of multiband dipoles. The plastic bag; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00435.html (10,957 bytes)
27. Re: [TowerTalk] Gotham antennas (score: 1): Author: "Dubovsky, George" <George.Dubovsky@andrew.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:10:08 -0400; Paul, Do you remember the boom length and the element diameters? It would be an interesting exercise to model a Gotham exactly the way their instructions said, and see what the results are. Back in t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00436.html (12,246 bytes)
28. Re: [TowerTalk] Gotham antennas (score: 1): Author: "jeremy-ca" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:35:18 -0400; It was a whole lot easier for kids and other new hams to install and get a Gotham working well than it is today with some of the junk sold.. Many on here probably dont realize that many if not most; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00439.html (10,249 bytes)
29. Re: [TowerTalk] Gotham antennas (score: 1): Author: Roger NØVR <n0vr@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:27:07 -0600; Nostalgia! I used a Gotham vertical while in Scotland from May77-May79 (GM5CDS) while in the Navy. Worked FB ground mounted with 2-3 random length radials. Back then, price was EVERYTHING to a young; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00444.html (16,114 bytes)
30. Re: [TowerTalk] Gotham antennas (score: 1): Author: jpk5lad@cox.net; Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:04:47 -0500; Hi Tom -- Wasn't the TB-3 designation from Swan? I agree that Swan bought the Hornet line but I remembered the Hornet line with model numbers like TB-500, TB-750, and TB-1000. I had a TB-750 for seve; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00445.html (19,516 bytes)
31. Re: [TowerTalk] Gotham antennas (score: 1): Author: "David Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>; Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:54:37 -0400; I was going to buy a Gotham beam in 1958 but my two Elmers W5KC and W5KHB talked me out of it and instead I got the 3 element Gonset Tri-Bander on an 18 foot boom. With this antenna on a 50 foot tele; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00447.html (9,315 bytes)
32. Re: [TowerTalk] Gotham antennas (score: 1): Author: K6TFZ@aol.com; Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:02:27 EDT; I still have my Gonset Tribander. It's in the rafters at my parents garage. Even have the drawings for it. Wonder if someone would like to have it. I'm in L.A. Geoff, K6TFZ -- I was going to buy a Go; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00448.html (8,232 bytes)
33. Re: [TowerTalk] Gotham antennas (score: 1): Author: "Jim Miller" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>; Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:00:15 -0500; Look for the post somebody here made about modeling it and was wondering if anybody remembered the dimensions. It might be quite helpful to get the measurements and copy the documents for one of thos; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00452.html (9,758 bytes)
34. Re: [TowerTalk] Gotham antennas (score: 1): Author: "Jim Miller" <JimMiller@STL-OnLine.Net>; Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:00:27 -0500; an http://www.aol.com. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mail; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00453.html (9,221 bytes)
35. Re: [TowerTalk] Gotham antennas (score: 1): Author: "David Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>; Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:32:02 -0400; Yep, The Hornet line from Oklahoma was nought by Swan and they changed the numbers to TB-2 TB-3, TB-4H based on the number of elements. A fairly good antenna line but with one fault...they used 8 fo; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-07/msg00548.html (9,398 bytes)

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