>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
Hi Jim
Well, back in the late 60's or early 70's I bought a Gotham quad for $27.50
plus shipping. It had the aluminum spreaders and of course now now with
modeling and all, everyone says that won't work, but I worked a whole heck
of a lot of DX with it. Made me feel like the king of the band :-)
Had it sitting on top of a Radio Shack mast that I paid $5.00 for at a
garage sale. Turned it with a Radio Shack rotor. Would it beat a new
monobander?? Heck no, but it sure did a heck of a bang up job for me till a
windstorm blew it and the mast into the next county. I had a TH-3 up for a
while and that was about the worst antenna I ever had. Tore it apart and
built some 2 element monobanders out of it. 73
Tom W7WHY
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