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Re: [TowerTalk] Gap Titan

To: <keith@dutson.net>, "'Towertalk'" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Gap Titan
From: "Dick Green WC1M" <wc1m@msn.com>
Reply-to: wc1m@msn.com
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 18:51:41 -0400
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
Guess it depends on which component fails first. In my case, the dielectric
in the thin coax melted, shorting the shield to the center conductor. It was
a tiny area about 1" long -- hard to find! 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Dutson [mailto:kdutson@sbcglobal.net] 
> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 3:44 PM
> To: 'Towertalk'
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Gap Titan
> 
> >Be advised that the Gap Titan is pretty much a dummy load on 80m.
> 
> I second that opinion.
> 
> >Also, don't run more than 500w out on 80m -- more will destroy the 
> >internal
> coax.
> 
> Not in my experience.  If you run high power on 80 it will 
> blow the top cap.
> 
> 73, Keith NM5G
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dick Green WC1M
> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 1:01 PM
> To: 'Richard Zalewski'; 'Cq-Contest'; 'Towertalk'
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Gap Titan
> 
> Hard to say without knowing the dimensions and layout of the 
> chainlink fence. How high/long is it? 
> 
> Be advised that the Gap Titan is pretty much a dummy load on 
> 80m. Also, don't run more than 500w out on 80m -- more will 
> destroy the internal coax.
> 
> 73, Dick WC1M
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Zalewski [mailto:dick.w7zr@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 11:17 AM
> > To: Cq-Contest; Towertalk
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] Gap Titan
> > 
> > I am going to acquire a Gap Titan as a second antenna and was 
> > wondering if there might be an opinion (Ha Ha) as to how far from a 
> > chain link fence the antenna might have to be installed.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Tnx es 73
> > Dick W7ZR
> > www.w7zr.com <http://www.w7zr.com>
> > 
> > 
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