As I recall, the US government also bought a bunch of those Maxrad dipole
centre insulators that a band saw revealed to be nothing more than a
non-reactive resistor between the dipole legs.
73, kelly
ve4xt
On 12/3/13 8:58 PM, "Richard Solomon" <dickw1ksz@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mosley Antenna's have been sold to the Government in somewhat large
> quantities. Having worked on Government Contracts the better part of 40
> years, I am quite familiar with their procurement methods and criteria for
> acceptance.
>
> If they were as bad as some folks say, then we taxpayers really got cheated.
> But, somehow, I don't believe that.
>
> And I beg to differ on the Country Count not being an indicator ... for
> those of
> us who are die-hard DX'ers, it's the only indicator of antenna performance,
> IMHO.
>
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 7:24 PM, <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
>
>> I have no idea whether your Mosely performs well for it's boom length.or
>> not. I have not read the N0AX/K7LXC report, however I believe that the
>> antennas were assembled to the manufacture's specifications and tested
>> fairly and as accurately as possible. Working a lot of countries is no
>> indication of an antenna's performance.
>>
>> John KK9A
>>
>>
>> To:"Towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Subject:Re: [TowerTalk] Change in SWR
>> From:"Doug Scribner" <dscribner@myfairpoint.net>
>> Date:Tue, 3 Dec 2013 18:30:05 -0500
>> List-post:<towertalk@contesting.com">mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
>>
>> GE,
>>
>>
>> When I posted my question earlier I did not want this to become a debate as
>> to the pros and cons of my Mosley. In fact I considered not mentioning it
>> my
>> name except that I wanted everyone to have all the facts.
>>
>> I am well aware of the writings concerming this and other yagis on the
>> market. And I know that this antenna is being asked to do a lot considering
>> its size. And I recognize that it is just about 1/2 wavelength high thus
>> contributing to what effect its surrondings have.
>>
>> This antenna perfectly fit my requirements when I put it up and continues
>> to
>> perform exceptionally well, even with its "minor" 40 Meter issue. The
>> increase in my country count over the last 6 weeks has been amazing...on
>> all
>> the bands covered.
>>
>> This is the second Mosley at my station. The first is a TA-53M @ 43 feet on
>> a seperate tower. If I was to do it over again, I would not hesitate to
>> choose exactly what I have.
>>
>> For those following my original post, today I dropped 1/2 of the 160 low
>> dipole with no change.
>> Doug - K1ZO
>>
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