On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 "Timothy Varnadore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was just told that I have a GAP VOYAGER - not a Challenger... > my bad. SRI! Tim
According to GAP, the VOYAGER covers 160 (90 KHz), and all of 80, 40, and 20 Meters. This antenna is roughly 45 ft tall with a large capacity hat on top. It does require guying with non-conductive guys. On 160M, my understanding is that the internal capacitor is transformed to an inductance through the internal transmission line. This inductance is in SERIES with the feedpoint. Reports indicate that this antenna is quite inefficient on the LOWEST band of operation. I am aware of a couple of users of this antenna and from my observations, they DO perform well on 80 and 40 Meters. The GAP Challenger covers a narrow range on 80M and uses the same capacitance transformation to inductance in series with the feed point. I believe it works well on 40M and also covers the high bands, including 6 and 2 Meters Tom N4KG ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org