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Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480
From: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 16:09:17 -0700
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It's actually the AV-680, and all three eHam reviews describe major quality issues.

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/10961

Two reviewers accordingly gave the antenna a poor grade.. The third reviewer gave it a good mark because the dealer provided good followup service although he had no other antenna to compare it against and fell back on the invalid "if I can hear it I can work it" endorsement regarding actual performance.

The only conclusion that can be made here is that three users had out-of-the-box quality problems and that none of them were able to objectively comment on the performance of the antenna. Without searching for other reviews nobody would know if the quality issues are typical or not since, as someone else here pointed out, people are much more likely to take to the forums to air a grievance than express satisfaction.

73,
Dave   AB7E




On 4/9/2014 5:47 PM, john@iguanavilla.com wrote:
I was curious what this antenna is and google cannot seem to find it.  Are
the poor reviews quality related or regarding performance?

John KK9A



To:      <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject:         [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480
From:    "David Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
Reply-to:        David Thompson <thompson@mindspring.com>
Date:    Wed, 9 Apr 2014 19:19:46 -0400
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I tried to convince Ray W5EW to replace his 6BTV vertical with a Hy-Gain
AV-480 but the reviews on eHam were so bad he has decided not to spend the
money. The 6BTV has 30 radials and does well in the RTTY Contests he enters
running low power.

How do we over ride the poor reviews from hams who probably have no idea of
how to set up a vertical?

73 Dave K4JRB

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