All I can say is it depends on how gud ur gnd is. I have a gap
challenger dx that was worthless over sandy soil hr in the midwest. Now
I am in in more loamy land and it works great. On 40 is performs as well
as my 1/2 sq. Depends on ur land! Never outperforms all my other
antennas(10 other wires plus the beam on a tower)! Blow the doors off
Titan I tried out!
Just be happy to have an antenna! ;-) Anything is better then nothing!
de ns9i
On 12/11/2012 4:50 PM, wa3mej@comcast.net wrote:
With the prospect of downsizing and moving into senior housing in the future I am
starting to look at vertical antennas that will allow me to continue this wonderful
hobby. I have heard "some" good things about the GAP series of antennas but
the company says they do not need radials on most of them and that worries me. Over the
years I have become very skeptical about claims and the other BS put out by most
companies ( maybe it is a function of age I dunno) so I wonder if these antennas really
work. The two antennas that I am interested are the Voyager DX for 160/80/40 and the
Eagle DX for the rest of the bands.
So my question is.... does anyone have actual experience with these antennas
(especially the voyager) as compared to other antennas for a specific frequency.
Now guys .. I know you cant really compare a 6 element beam to a vertical of this
kind but I am talking about a comparison that is realistic.. like how does it hear,
tune, match & get out compared to something like another vertical or a dipole
up some reasonable distance.
I sure hope this has not opend another can of worms.. some how I seem to do
that .. private emails are ok..especially it the topic gets out of hand and we
get a large volume of comments (Tree please dont shoot me before Christmas my
wife will miss me.)
Jim WA3MEJ
Long Live Seal Team VI
http://www.qsl.net/wa3mej/index.htm
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