> In his book, "Array of Light," N6BT shows optimized designs of
2-element, 3-element, and 4-element MONOBAND Yagis. He put these IDEAL
gain figures in a table with the CLAIMED gains of a dozen or so
competing products. In nearly all cases, the advertised gains were 2-3
dB better than the best monoband beam. In other words, they claimed
impossible gains. After the first edition of "Array of Light" was
published, nearly all of those manufacturers revised their gain claimed
downward by several dB.
We called that "marketing gain". Now you know why we did our
on-the-air antenna comparison test so we could have REAL info to make antenna
buying
decisions.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
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