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    From CP@kmt123alt.ham-radio.packet on Sat Jul 21 00:26:26 2007
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    Hi friends,


    it's a very short time that GAP Antennas have been advertised inside my country, so I can't find anyone who knows them enough, here, to ask him/her some impressions about these devices.

    So I ask it from you: do they really have all this typical high gain and sensituvity, without any tuning need?


    Thank you,

    PA





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  • From JJ@ve1jotnospam@eastlink.ca to alt.ham-radio.packet on Sun Jul 22 17:53:00 2007
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    CP <kmt123 wrote:
    Hi friends,


    it's a very short time that GAP Antennas have been advertised inside my country, so I can't find anyone who knows them enough, here, to ask him/her some impressions about these devices.

    So I ask it from you: do they really have all this typical high gain and sensituvity, without any tuning need?


    Thank you,

    PA





    nice dummy load...almost as bad as a g5rv, lol!
    but seriously, they radiate very low to the horizon, if fitted with
    sufficient radials it might work ok, but so does a monoband dipole
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  • From CP@kmt123alt.ham-radio.packet on Fri Jul 27 19:46:58 2007
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    "JJ" <ve1jotnospam@eastlink.ca> ha scritto nel messaggio news:0QMoi.58000$tB5.40401@edtnps90...
    ...

    nice dummy load...almost as bad as a g5rv, lol!
    but seriously, they radiate very low to the horizon, if fitted with sufficient radials it might work ok, but so does a monoband dipole

    And so don't they deserve any particular attention such as a real innovation does?

    Did any ham-magazine of yours deal with a professional OM test of these antennas?


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  • From Fred McKenzie@fmmck@aol.com to alt.ham-radio.packet on Sat Jul 28 13:42:56 2007
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    In article <46aa2f89$0$4789$4fafbaef@reader4.news.tin.it>,
    "CP" <kmt123<togliquesto>@virgilio.it> wrote:

    "JJ" <ve1jotnospam@eastlink.ca> ha scritto nel messaggio news:0QMoi.58000$tB5.40401@edtnps90...
    ...

    nice dummy load...almost as bad as a g5rv, lol!
    but seriously, they radiate very low to the horizon, if fitted with sufficient radials it might work ok, but so does a monoband dipole

    And so don't they deserve any particular attention such as a real innovation does?

    Did any ham-magazine of yours deal with a professional OM test of these antennas?

    CP-

    The Gap antenna is new to you, but has been around for many years. The
    Gap company may have claimed it as an innovation when it came out, but
    time may not have supported all of their claims.

    See the Gap web site for data, and perhaps references to test reports, http://www.gapantenna.com/
    Bear in mind that there are vertical dipole antennas of various sorts
    from other companies such as MFJ.

    Some people are very happy with their Gap antennas. Others curse them.
    I've never had one, so cannot comment from experience.

    Fred
    K4DII
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  • From Fred McKenzie@fmmck@aol.com to alt.ham-radio.packet on Sat Jul 28 13:47:34 2007
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    In article <46aa2f89$0$4789$4fafbaef@reader4.news.tin.it>,
    "CP" <kmt123<togliquesto>@virgilio.it> wrote:

    And so don't they deserve any particular attention such as a real innovation does?

    Did any ham-magazine of yours deal with a professional OM test of these antennas?

    CP-

    I forgot to mention. You will find more antenna-oriented people on the rec.radio.amateur.antenna newsgroup than here. I suggest you ask there
    for comments by some genuine antenna experts.

    Fred
    K4DII
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