Agreed. BUT doing "what you can" should not extend to publishing a
gain figure that is inaccurate, with no justification for how it is
arrived at.
I "suspect" that the gain reference was a typical 1/4 wave ground
plane vertical. As you say..... WHO KNOWS ?
That would make the published gain figures somewhat more accurate.
I'm sure there is SOME improvement as I have built similar 2 meter antennas
that were fifty feet long and they were some of the "hottest"
performing antennas the repeater ever had... We just couldn't keep
them up mechanically without a lot of maintenance.
Don W4DNR
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