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1. [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: "David Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>; Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 19:19:46 -0400; 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; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00163.html (7,521 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>; Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 16:58:17 -0700; I assume that you're referring to the AV-680 since there is no such thing as a Hy-Gain AV-480, but more importantly ... why would you presume to override the poor reviews from other hams?? The produc; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00166.html (9,152 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists@subich.com>; Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 20:19:40 -0400; How do we over ride the poor reviews from hams who probably have no idea of how to set up a vertical? With only three reviews, the AV-680 suffers because of one bad review for an issue (MFJ/Hy-Gain q; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00167.html (8,839 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: EZ Rhino <EZRhino@fastmovers.biz>; Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 21:47:40 -0600; I've always thought the implementation of reviews on eHam could stand a revision. First of all, "reviews" by people who admit they do not own the product in question have no place being there and sho; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00169.html (10,802 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>; Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 21:12:13 -0700; A couple of years ago I scanned through roughly 2,000 eHam reviews on a wide variety of products to see how people came up with their score. What I found was surprising: * reviewers gave scores of 4; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00171.html (13,322 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>; Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 22:37:32 -0600; We sell lots of stuff on eBay and we offer a 14 day money back guarantee on everything. A buyer can ding us without even bothering to contact us about a problem. A buyer can say great seller, and giv; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00172.html (14,327 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>; Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 21:59:19 -0700; I disagree, to the extent that if I've used the product enough to have a well considered judgement, I feel well qualified to write a review. Perhaps I hated the product enough to dump it. Or I sold i; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00173.html (10,171 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>; Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 23:03:22 -0600; Jim, You make valid points that I agree with. My comments should have been more clear. Those that review items that they have never owned or used enough to make a reasonable opinion or low. Carry on.; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00174.html (10,257 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 04:52:19 -0400; How do we over ride the poor reviews from hams who probably have no idea of how to set up a vertical? E-Ham is just user reports, it is not a testing service, nor have I found it to be reliable, but; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00176.html (11,374 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 04:57:05 -0400; How do we over ride the poor reviews from hams who probably have no idea of how to set up a vertical? With only three reviews, the AV-680 suffers because of one bad review for an issue (MFJ/Hy-Gain; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00177.html (9,126 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us>; Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 07:59:58 -0500; I've long said that there are hams that can break an anvil with a rubber mallet and they post reviews on eham! 73, de Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible world; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00179.html (8,851 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: Al Kozakiewicz <akozak@hourglass.com>; Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 10:11:31 -0400; This observation is spot on. If you assume (like the misanthrope I am) that a) people are, on average, stupid and b) will never admit when they make a mistake, that allows you to discount virtually a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00181.html (16,287 bytes)
13. Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: Steve Sacco NN4X <nn4x@embarqmail.com>; Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 11:15:09 -0400; One must keep in mind that the reviews you're seeing are they ones which the folks at eHam.net have ALLOWED to remain. I've had a couple vanish into thin air. They have never been able/willing to pro; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00183.html (8,222 bytes)
14. Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: <john@iguanavilla.com>; Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 20:47:57 -0400; 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; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00192.html (9,219 bytes)
15. Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: Richard Solomon <dickw1ksz@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:58:34 -0700; I think the reason you can't find it is that it's a Hy-Gain AV-680 not 480. But then I could be wrong. Maybe it's made for the British Market. 73, Dick, W1KSZ ________________________________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00194.html (10,274 bytes)
16. Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>; Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 16:09:17 -0700; 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 review; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00198.html (11,327 bytes)
17. Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: Mickey Baker <fishflorida@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:24:21 -0400; Folks, there are ONLY THREE eham reviews for this antenna. If there were 10 bad reviews from 10 different hams, I'd suspect the worse, but 3? The AV640 is a similar antenna (doesn't cover 80m) and ha; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00199.html (12,955 bytes)
18. Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: <john@kk9a.com>; Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:38:55 -0400; Unfortunately this email was accidently sent from a non-subscribed email address yesterday and it finally was manually posted. By now others have already stated that the AV 480 model number is incorr; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00202.html (10,312 bytes)
19. Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: Richard Solomon <dickw1ksz@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:06:22 -0700; I have the AV-620 Model and it works very well. Just shows that the more you complicate the plumbing, the easier it is to plug up the toilet !! 73, Dick, W1KSZ _______________________________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00204.html (12,417 bytes)
20. Re: [TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480 (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:28:41 -0400; I browsed the manual and it seems to be a fairly complicated assembly, with "capacity hats" for 3 bands. I can see where something can go wrong, but I would never make a judgement on a product that o; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-04/msg00215.html (12,722 bytes)

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