My experience with Gap is that they generally offer the potential for the
lower wave angle of a vertical design but really have no gain unless you are
over very conductive ground (like saltwater conductive). They basically
operate as vertical dipoles. I found the Titan to work best on 20m & 15m,
it is not very efficient on 40m and only marginal on 80m. I found the
Voyager worked best on 40m & 80m.
KM5VI
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From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of John
G.
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 8:57 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com; DX-IS@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Vertical comparison question
How do the "radialless" verticals, like the R5, R7000, MA5V, Gap ones,
compare in performance to the standard 1/4 wave verticals that are roof
mounted with radials? Does one tend to outperform the other? I am looking
how each performs for DXing and longer haul communications.
73 John AF5CC
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