WOW has this gotten into a bunch of old men bitching at each other or what?
Suggestion.. instead of bashing each other to death, why not find common
ground, and create CONSTRUCTIVE criticism??? Calling each other stupid is
rather sophomoric, dont you think? Can we get back to towers, before you
all shoo a bunch of good hams away???
Kent,
K9EZ/4/LID/B0ZO
On 7/8/07, Cedrick Fred Johnson - WT2P <fredwt2p@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ..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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