At 05:48 PM 5/18/2003, Paul Christensen, Esq. wrote:
>I owned the GAP Voyager from '92 through 2000. It was a very good performer
>on 40M, marginal on 80M, and absolutely useless on 160 and 20M.
I can't disagree that much. I've worked a dozen or so countries with mine
on 160, but that was probably in spite of the Voyage, not because of
it. 20 is much the same.
I use mine as a backup for 40-80. When the wires go down and the tower
needs to be lowered, it at least keeps me on the air.
>I now have a Force12 Sigma-40 and I am much more pleased with its
>performance against the Voyager. It was simpler to construct...it's built
>much more rugged, and it requires no guy wires....yes, its also priced more
>than the Voyager.
The Voyager seems to be indestructible, but when it comes time to replace
it, the Sigma does seem decent.
73, Dick
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Dick Flanagan W6OLD NV SM
E-mail: w6old@arrl.org
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