[Antennas] Gap Antenna

Gareth gareth at capecod.net
Sun Aug 24 21:47:08 EDT 2008


Billy Cox wrote:
> I don't believe that they have changed the design over time.
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> 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
>
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I think you are right about that ground plane. I had local friends that 
said to tune the reactance out of a aluminum step ladder and work 10 
meter Europe. hi

73 N1MSV


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