GAP Challenger DX - 8 band vertical antenna, 2-6-10-12-15-20-40-80 m.

Description of the product

Thousands of challengers are now in use around the world. From the jungle of New Guinea to the bitter cold of Finland to the brutal sands of Desert Storm, Challenger with its high feed connects its user with the rest of the world. Challenger is the first and only antenna capable of operating on eight bands separated from 3.5 MHz to 144 MHz. Its operating bands are 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 12m, 10m, 6m and 2m. Over 80KHz of bandwidth is available on 80m.

CQ tested the Challenger and on 40m compared to a vertical mono band, they found Challenger a stronger S unit. This is typical of the many reports received by radio amateurs all over the world. Challenger is designed to be mounted directly in the ground or elevated. A ground connection is provided with each antenna. With the attack Grounded into place, the Challenger simply snaps into place. If necessary, due of space limitations, but not to improve performance, Challenger can be mounted on the roof as it requires no ground loss to achieve a match of 50 ohms. Challenger requires a three 25-foot counterweight. insulated wires. Can be buried or simply scattered on the ground. The symmetric distribution it's not critical. Adding additional thread will not significantly improve the performance. All of these are covered in a 16-page assembly manual supplied with each antenna.

Information additional

Package weight: 9.5 kg
Package size: 265× 26×8cm
Bands: 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 12m, 10m, 6m, 2m
Bandwidth - Less than 2:1
Whole band on 40m, 20m, 15m, 12m, 10m, 6m, 2m, 80m on 130 KHz, 10m on 1MHz
Height: 9.60m.
Weight :8.2kg.
Efficiency of radiation : Outperforms other verticals by up to 600%
Assembly: Ground or elevated. Ground mounting is provided.
Counterweight: 3 of 7.62 cm.