Mass production always lowers the price. That is not a fair comparison.
Somebody somewhere is quite happily making Cushcraft antennas for a much lower
price than these multi thousand dollar antennas.
Best regards - Brian Carling
AF4K Crystals Co.
117 Sterling Pine St.
Sanford, FL 32773
Tel: +USA 321-262-5471
> On Apr 10, 2015, at 11:56 AM, Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri,4/10/2015 8:08 AM, Bry Carling wrote:
>> It seems like very few antennas are affordable to the average ham.
>>
>> It seems like they need some competition. With prices in the multiple
>> thousands of dollars for a few aluminum tubes somebody could make lot of
>> money by being less expensive...
>
> When we buy a product, we are paying for design, manufacturing, marketing,
> shipping, documentation, and support. None of that is free.
>
> Want to reduce the cost of an antenna? No problem. Pull out the ARRL Antenna
> Book, pick a design, order the hardware, and build it. Or get some version of
> NEC and design it yourself.
>
> While you're at it, keep track of the number of hours you spend. From the
> cost of those overpriced antennas, subtract what you paid for materials, and
> divide that number by the number of hours. Chances are it will be less than
> what you could make flipping burgers at McDonalds.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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