Pete -
I didn't see any general response to your message below. The details will
be in a future QST article (soon). The "certain conditions" phrase includes
something very similar to your suggestion.
73 Tom
--- On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 14:57:01 -0500 Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
wrote:
>
>Fascinating bit in the latest ARRL letter: The Board --
>
>"...agreed to permit the advertising of performance claims (ie, antenna
gain
> figures) derived from antenna modeling programs in QST, subject to certain
> conditions."
>
>It would be fascinating to know what the "certain conditions" are.
>
>One possible suggestion ... to publicize their gain figures, companies
>should have to agree to make their models available to the public on a web
>site. That way, amateurs can rerun the models to verify the numbers or,
>more importantly, incorporate the models as a part of modeling their
>overall installation, to evaluate interaction issues, etc.
>
>73,
>
>Pete N4ZR
>
>In Wild Wonderful, fairly rare WEST Virginia
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