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« Reply #50 on: February 09, 2011, 02:59:42 PM »

Whatever happened to Gotham?  Bare bones cheap antennas!  73, Jack, W9GT

I bought them out years ago, and destroyed all prints, tooling and materials for the welfare of all mankind. I didn't want another human to go through antenna hell like I did  Grin

But seriously, after seeing the huge list of antenna makers that Pete posted above, there sure is competition.  MFJ is possibly the one who could capitalize on it.  Those $30 3 element Gotham Yagis sure seemed tempting back then.

I knew a ham who ordered their Gotham's quad. He said after opening the box he realized it would fall apart and instead used the poles for short antenna supports.

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Prints?  What Prints? I thought you had to draw your own!  Maybe that is why my Gotham 15 M beam worked.  I just used the tubing, made my own boom to mast and element to mast clamps and it worked.  Also, that tapped wire "gamma match" had to go...made my own with a piece of coax stuffed inside a piece of tubing.

73,  Jack, W9GT
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