Gem Quad is back again, but who knows for how long. I have a 2el version
of their product and a 4el Lightning Bolt, the company of which is now
unfortunately defunct. I use them for multi-transmitter operation and put
a station on each of the driven elements, with suitable bandpass and low
pass filtering of course. Baluns and RF chokes reduce feedline radiation
into the shack for simultaneous multi-band operation. They compliment some
stacked yagis I have and allow us to spray signals in more than one
direction at a time.
The secret to swr, bandwidth, and performance, on both antennas is to
remove any WARC bands and feed the driven elements separately. The 4el is
way too close spaced for any kind of decent bandwidth on 20M so adding
another 10' to the boom makes the biggest difference.
Dale Ve7gl
>
> What changes do you have to make on the gem Quad to make the swr flat ?
>
> I have a two element five band lighting Bolt Quad witch is just like
> the Gem Quad.
> tnx for the help
>
> Well, hope someone buys them. Have been using their quad for over 40
years
> nows! Have a three element up now and also a four element in the
garage!
> Won lots of certificates with them over the years. And with a couple of
> simple changes the SWR is almost flat on the bands
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