Very well said Mike, unfortunately it is a true work of art in confusing customers and claiming gain that is simply not there .. while at the same time keeping a door open to always withdraw from fal
Fortunately, we have very good computer modeling tools these days, Con, so it is much harder to fool the consumer if he is doing his homework (at least when it comes to antennas that lend themselves
It would, of course, help if the manfacturers of antennas would provide modeling information. Preferably as a "ready to run" NEC deck, but just dimensions would be good too. This is sort of what ARRL