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From: kc8jx@yahoo.com (Larry Knapp)
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 09:49:16 -0700 (PDT)
Ed - Based on your experiences I would agree with your opnion.  So far, what
you describe has not happened to me.  Larry

--- Ed Juge <ed_juge@zianet.com> wrote:
> 
> >Larry...
> 
> I haven't owned a GAP, but a good friend, K2RM, had one for a couple of 
> years.  Rarely two months went by when some physical part didn't fall off 
> into his back yard...literally!  He tried everything including lightly 
> guying the antenna with nylon cord.  (He is NOT in a windy area and the 
> antenna was protected by a stockade fence around the back yard.)  I think 
> GAP replaced parts until the warranty period ran out.
> 
> I was with him when he talked with the owner of GAP at Dayton, two separate 
> years.  The guy basically told him, "That's too bad."  He didn't offer to 
> replace his obviously bad antenna or extend the warranty or provide 
> additional replacement parts, nor did he even express regrets for the 
> on-going problems.
> 
> Bob finally replaced the GAP with another vertical...an R5, I think.  On 
> our weekly schedule, his 40M signal from Ft. Worth, TX to me in Ruidoso, NM 
> increased quite dramatically. He hasn't had a single problem with the new 
> antenna.
> 
> Based on Bob's experiences, and equally on the attitude I saw from the GAP 
> guy, I wouldn't have one as a gift.
> 
> Ed, W5EJ
> 
>  >Rod - I'm not sure "exactly" why this group "hates" the GAP Titan. I have 
> one
>  >an I am very pleased with it.
> 
> 
> 
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> email:  ed_juge@zianet.com
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