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Update: I finally assembled my Gizmotchy 2 meter beam, and I am impressed ! I have some minor complaints about the parts shipped, and Tom's e-mail followup on them, but I *think* I got them worked out. i.e. them shipping two 4-inch Gamma tubes instead of a 3-inch and a 4-inch tube. Tom said...

Wow!, - thanks, I did NOT know this!! I'll go over it real good with Scotch Brite + final clean with Brake Klean and a cotton cloth.

Ok, after spending way-way-WAY too much time going down you guy's (Mole & DXER's) rabbit hole, and corresponding back and forth to Tom Charles who designed this antenna, the conclusion is that the above statement is dead wrong. The correct spacings are in the current version on the manual...

Ok, so your experience is counter to what Mole (and others) have been talking about with this antenna regarding measurements (for a lot of this thread). Based on finding this (old) thread, I went and purchased the 4-element 2m version, and I received it today (shipping cost from Walcott Radio...