I grew up a few miles from their original location in NY. Lots of locals
used them including big gun DXers. I had a 3 el 15 on an eves mount, maybe
25' ABG, on my parents cape in Valley Stream; this was around 1957. It
worked very nice and turned easy with a cheap TV Tennarotor. I worked WAS
and WAC as a Novice with about 15W output. My comparison was an open wire
folded dipole at around 30' which was soon removed.
Very light weight but I dont remember the tubing diameters. Later on they
went with EMT booms I believe.
The typical installation of beams in those days was on the roof, many were
even turned by the armstrong method from the shack in the attic. Only the
wealthy or rural folks had windmill towers.
Carl
KM1H
----- Original Message -----
From: "James C. Garland" <4cx250b@muohio.edu>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] antennas
>I DO remember all those Gotham ads. But, curiously, I never actually talked
> to anybody who actually was using one. Even in the 1950s, Gotham prices
> seemed impossibly low. I always wondered if they worked and how well they
> were constructed? And if nobody bought them, how did the company pay for
> all
> those QST and CQ magazine ads?
> Jim W8ZR
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Carl Smidt
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 7:34 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] antennas
>
> Nostalgia is getting to me.
>
> Remember all those good old Gotham adds in the magazines?
>
> 73, Carl VE9OV
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@verizon.net>
> To: "Towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 9:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] antennas
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>> They ALL work.Some work better then others,some last longer then >others
>>> still others are cheaper then others.
>>
>> How true!!
>> I had a Gotham 2 element quad up for about 5 years till the wind took the
>> antenna and mast down. Paid $27.50 for it. Oh yeah, I know, aluminum
>> spreaders, etc, won't work, but it did work. Better'n something else??
>> Dunno, but I sure liked it. 73
>> Tom W7WHY
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