[TowerTalk] Change in SWR

[Doug Scribner]

GE,

When I posted my question earlier I did not want this to become a debate as 
to the pros and cons of my Mosley. In fact I considered not mentioning it my 
name except that I wanted everyone to have all the facts.

I am well aware of the writings concerming this and other yagis on the 
market. And I know that this antenna is being asked to do a lot considering 
its size. And I recognize that it is just about 1/2 wavelength high thus 
contributing to what effect its surrondings have.

This antenna perfectly fit my requirements when I put it up and continues to 
perform exceptionally well, even with its "minor" 40 Meter issue.  The 
increase in my country count over the last 6 weeks has been amazing...on all 
the bands covered.

This is the second Mosley at my station. The first is a TA-53M @ 43 feet on 
a seperate tower. If I was to do it over again, I would not hesitate to 
choose exactly what I have.

For those following my original post, today I dropped 1/2 of the 160 low 
dipole with no change.

Doug - K1ZO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Solomon" <dickw1ksz at gmail.com>
To: "Tower Talk" <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Change in SWR


> Not sure what your hangup is about Mosley (if you 'dis it, at least spell
> the name right),
> but saying in general that they have less gain than a dipole is really
> stretching your
> credibility.
>
> I had a PRO-57A for many years and I can attest it worked better than a
> dipole. But,
> so far, all I read is talk, with no facts presented to support your
> comment.
>
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> On 12/3/2013 8:29 AM, Doug Scribner wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for all the responses...
>>>
>>
>> Before investing any more time and money in the Moseley, I STRONGLY
>> suggest that you buy and study the report by N0AX and K7LXC on a dozen or
>> so tri-banders, including two Moseleys. The executive summary is that 
>> they
>> were VERY poor performers -- like less gain than a dipole at the same
>> location and height, and over the same path. Order the report from 
>> K7LXC's
>> website.
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
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