[Elecraft] 43' Vertical and the K2 tuner

[David Yarnes]

Steve and All,

Well, not exactly!  You remember those Gothams huh!  I had 
one of them.  Back in 1956 I bought a Gotham V80 when we 
first moved to New Mexico--no trees there like I had in 
Oregon!  All the V80 consisted of was a long piece of 
aluminum and a loading coil!  I don't remember how tall it 
was, but it may well have been something like 22 feet.  It 
was base loaded, and not all that easy to use multi-band, 
particularly if you had it on the roof!  It wasn't hard to 
make the decision to use it as a monoband vertical, and mine 
became a 20 meter vertical.  I don't remember for sure, but 
I think the coil became superfluous!  If I'd been smarter, I 
would have set it up like Jim Duffey suggested, although I 
don't remember anyone selling remote tuners back then.

Dave W7AQK


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Ellington" <n4lq at carolina.rr.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 43' Vertical and the K2 tuner


> So we've rediscovered the Gotham V80 Vertical!
> Steve Ellington
> N4LQ at carolina.rr.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz>
> To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 2:21 PM
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