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Re: 43' Vertical and the K2 tuner

Posted by w7aqk on Mar 17, 2009; 3:15am
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/43-Vertical-and-the-K2-tuner-tp2481408p2489558.html

Steve and All,

Well, not exactly!  You remember those Gothams huh!  I had
one of them.  Back in 1956 I bought a Gotham V80 when we
first moved to New Mexico--no trees there like I had in
Oregon!  All the V80 consisted of was a long piece of
aluminum and a loading coil!  I don't remember how tall it
was, but it may well have been something like 22 feet.  It
was base loaded, and not all that easy to use multi-band,
particularly if you had it on the roof!  It wasn't hard to
make the decision to use it as a monoband vertical, and mine
became a 20 meter vertical.  I don't remember for sure, but
I think the coil became superfluous!  If I'd been smarter, I
would have set it up like Jim Duffey suggested, although I
don't remember anyone selling remote tuners back then.

Dave W7AQK


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Ellington" <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 43' Vertical and the K2 tuner


> So we've rediscovered the Gotham V80 Vertical!
> Steve Ellington
> [hidden email]
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[hidden email]>
> To: <[hidden email]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 2:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 43' Vertical and the K2 tuner
>
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