Duane, somewhere the GAP says it's limited on RTTY on certain bands (?40 &
80), and their salemen will tell you this too. There's no visible traps,
but they use a loop of coax inside that'll blow/melt with too much power too
long...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane Budd" <w5ben@arrl.net>
To: <w7ti@dslextreme.com>; "Marty Tippin" <martyt@pobox.com>
Cc: <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 9:53 AM
Subject: RE: [RTTY] Best RTTY rig?
> "> At 07:37 PM 3/19/2002, WA9ALS - John wrote:
>
> >Put that kind of power into a Cushcrap, Hy-Gain
> >or GAP and it'll become a smoking hunk of plastic
> >in no time at all."
>
> I was surprised to read that was true in the Gap, since it
> has no traps.
>
> I am interested in getting a Titan DX. The Gap website says
> "legal limit", but with a following asterisk. I could find
> no reference to the asterisk.
>
> Anyone have experience with the Titan DX?
>
>
> Duane Budd
> w5ben@arrl.net
> Johnson City, TN
>
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>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:rtty-admin@contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of w7ti@dslextreme.com
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 8:04 PM
> To: Marty Tippin
> Cc: rtty@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Best RTTY rig?
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Wish I'd known that before I ran 1500 watts into my Hy-Gain
> TH5 Mark
> II for years on end. Seemed to be ok when I finally took it
> down,
> but maybe I just don't recognize "smoking hunk(s) of
> plastic" when I
> see 'em. <g>
>
> During that time I did smoke a couple of so-called "legal
> limit"
> amplifiers, but the antenna was no problem at all.
>
> Bill, W7TI
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