[TowerTalk] Poor eHam reviews of the AV 480

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

On 4/9/2014 8:19 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>
>> How do we over ride the poor reviews from hams who probably have no
>> idea of how to set up a vertical?
>
> With only three reviews, the AV-680 suffers because of one bad review
> for an issue (MFJ/Hy-Gain quality control) that has no bearing on the
> antenna's performance.
>
> I'd suggest looking at the reviews for the AV-640, AV-620, CushCraft
> R9, R8, R7, R5, R6000 and R7000 all of which are essentially the same

The R series us a similar matching scheme. I have an R8, but they also 
use traps for some bands while the AV series do not.  I had a devil of a 
time matching the R series while the AV was cook book easy.

73

Roger (K8RI)