[TowerTalk] Cushcraft R7000 and MFJ-1796, MFJ-1798 verticles

[Tom Rauch]

> Date:          Mon, 04 May 1998 11:03:38 -0400

> If I have my voltages and currents right, a standard 1/4 wave vertical has
> its high current end near earth, while the GAP -- a vertical dipole -- has
> its high voltage end near the earth. Does that explain the inferior
> performance of the GAP?

One explaination is the lack of a good ground, another are coaxial 
stubs used to multiband the  antenna.

There isn't much worse than a coaxial stub used as a trap.

73, Tom W8JI
w8ji.tom@MCIONE.com

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