[Antennas] Gap Antenna

Sun Aug 24 16:50:17 EDT 2008

I don't believe that they have changed the design over time.
I also believe that your success was the 800 acre salt marsh,
as GAPs don't tend to play that well typically, and especially
on their lowest band of operation. There are better options.
With a near perfect ground ... almost anything will play well!
73 de Billy, AA4NU
-----Original Message-----
>From: Gareth <gareth at capecod.net>
>Sent: Aug 24, 2008 8:45 PM
>To: antennas at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Antennas] Gap Antenna
>>Could I please have opinions about the Gap Challenger current version. I 
>assembled one of these in 1992. It was installed on the banks of a 800 
>acre salt marsh and it worked quite well. I remember putting a 10 over 9 
>into Australia (from NE USA) on 40 meters. About 400 watts peak envelope 
>power as I remember. It was a bit like a verticle dipole. Anyhow - have 
>they changed much over the years? Anybody still using one?
>>N1MSV
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