..careful of who you call stupid or cheap... What you see.. is not
always exactly what you get...
wt2p
>
> Jim Brown wrote:
>
>>> This "Mosley Bashing" has finally hit my button !!
>>> I have a PRO-57A and am very satisfied with it. It
>>> is my understanding that subsequent models were
>>> "improved". I have not seen any published data from
>>> verifiable sources except those peddling their
>>> "comparisons" which I don't intend to pay for.
>>>
>> And YOU have hit mine!!!
>>
>> Do you have a clue about how much work it takes to obtain ACCURATE
>> data on the performance of an antenna? To measure the gain, you
>> must build the antenna, get it up in the air on a substantial
>> tower and rotor in some test range where there is nothing to
>> seriously distort the data, make sure that it is properly tuned,
>> drive it with a transmitter, and MEASURE the field strength at
>> some distance that is representative of its far field pattern. To
>> measure the pattern, you must repeat those measurements every 5-10
>> degrees. 4-5 guys could easily work a full day to do that if the
>> transmitting and receiving towers were already there and nothing
>> went wrong. It could easily take twice that time if Mr Murphy came
>> to call.
>>
>> To measure another antenna, you must take the first one down, put
>> the new one up, and repeat that process. And, of course, you must
>> have purchased or borrowed the antenna in the first place. And
>> even if it was borrowed or donated, you still must spend the time
>> and money to unpack, handle, repack, and return it.
>>
>> Those "peddling their comparisons" have HUNDREDS of man hours and
>> a significant dollar investment in those measurements, and YOU are
>> either too stupid or too cheap to contribute to their work. You
>> clearly don't deserve to benefit from it.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Jim Brown K9YC
>>
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