W9TM wrote:
>I'm not sure why Gotham antennas get such a bad rap, at least not the
>verticals.
I don't believe there was any actual problem
with the verticals themselves, just the advertising hype...
W2AGN:
>I remember the old Gotham Vertical Ads. "Worked the World
with my Gotham Vertical, ground mounted and NO radials." (The guy no doubt
lived in a salt-water swamp. Or, "I worked 200 countries in a week with my
Gotham Vertical!" (Yeah, right, never saw the guys call on the DXCC
listings).
http://qrp.kd4ab.org/2002/020320/0081.html
Tennadyne's monobanders may be very
fine antennas, but their advertising probably overstates
gain by ~2 dB. Very surprising in these days of "Truth
in Advertising" laws, but transceiver manufacturers
do the same with impunity and get away with it.
"What truth-in-advertising rules apply to advertisers?
Under the <http://www.law.cornell.edu:80/uscode/15/41.html>Federal Trade
Commission Act:
* Advertising must be truthful and non-deceptive;
* Advertisers must have evidence to back up their claims; and
* Advertisements cannot be unfair."
http://www.lawpublish.com/ftc-adfaq.html
Tennadyne clearly has a problem with the first two
points for their monobander claims IMHO. "There's a sucker
born every minute" and "Caveat Emptor" still apply today.
73, Bill W4ZV
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