[TowerTalk] Sommer antennas

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In a message dated 11/24/00 5:39:01 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
Tony.Seaton@turner.com writes:

> Anyone have experience with Sommer beams or antennas in general?

    Okay, I'll bite.

    I haven't heard much in the way of anecdotal info about them one way or 
the other. But I'm suspicious of Sommer owners who say they're "great' 
because they probably suffer from Mosley Syndrome; that is - "it works" but 
isn't competitive.

    The only one I've seen in the flesh was an incredible amount of parts and 
complexity that just made me shudder. I've put just about every antenna made 
together at one time or another and this was worse than the KT34XA in terms 
of complexity. At least it looked like it to me.

    But the bottom line to me is that if it was a real killer antenna, then 
lots of contesting guys would be using them. They ain't.

    You've got to remember that for a given boomlength you're gonna have 
comparable performance.

    BTW we haven't tested one in our tribander comparison report. 

    Would I suggest investing in one? Nope. Read the report to help answer 
many questions. 

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