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AB, do you have a link for this picture on Ebay?

AB I read this Sirio idea to likely be suggesting, the Gain-Master does not need radials...since it's a center-fed 5/8 wave antenna.

And IMHO the center fed GM is also not similar to most of the other 5/8 wave vertical antennas...which are mostly end-fed.

When I installed my 1st GM I tested the match on a P/U pole that was low and set about 9' feet high. I had the antenna I just took down laying on the ground right below the new GM. The GM match was not showing a good match. So, I moved the antenna away from the mast and the match was near perfect and improved on raising.

I talk about this experience with Bob85 somewhere on this forum and he too was puzzled by his results with his GM set low to the ground. I never tried to duplicate his problem or mine. My results were different from what Bob describe about with his GM. That was my mistake not to try and duplicate those results, so I'm not completely sure what happened back then.

<blockquote data-quote="Marconi" data-source="post: 795758" data-attributes="member: 903">AB, do you have a link for this picture on Ebay?AB I read this Sirio idea to likely be suggesting, the Gain-Master does not need radials...since it&#039;s a center-fed 5/8 wave antenna.And IMHO the center fed GM is also not similar to most of the other 5/8 wave vertical antennas...which are mostly end-fed.When I installed my 1st GM I tested the match on a P/U pole that was low and set about 9&#039; feet high. I had the antenna I just took down laying on the ground right below the new GM. The GM match was not showing a good match. So, I moved the antenna away from the mast and the match was near perfect and improved on raising.I talk about this experience with Bob85 somewhere on this forum and he too was puzzled by his results with his GM set low to the ground. I never tried to duplicate his problem or mine. My results were different from what Bob describe about with his GM. That was my mistake not to try and duplicate those results, so I&#039;m not completely sure what happened back then.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marconi, post: 795758, member: 903"] AB, do you have a link for this picture on Ebay? AB I read this Sirio idea to likely be suggesting, [B]the Gain-Master does not need radials...since it's a center-fed 5/8 wave antenna.[/B] And IMHO the center fed GM is also not similar to most of the other 5/8 wave vertical antennas...which are mostly end-fed. When I installed my 1st GM I tested the match on a P/U pole that was low and set about 9' feet high. I had the antenna I just took down laying on the ground right below the new GM. The GM match was not showing a good match. So, I moved the antenna away from the mast and the match was near perfect and improved on raising. I talk about this experience with Bob85 somewhere on this forum and he too was puzzled by his results with his GM set low to the ground. I never tried to duplicate his problem or mine. My results were different from what Bob describe about with his GM. [B]That was my mistake not to try and duplicate those results, so I'm not completely sure what happened back then.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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