[TowerTalk] antenna choices

[Bry Carling AF4K]

I disagree. You don't think I have a clue. I think you have less than zero clues. 
OK that's an imaginary number, but it's as laughable as this argument!!

Those companies have been sold but they are still in business under new owners.
In fact more antenna companies have been starting in recent years like M2, Spiderbeam, etc.


Hustler
HyGain
Cushcraft
GAP
Cubex
Mosley
Comet
Larsen
Gem
Arrow
and many more.

These all still exist. Gotham is gone. So what? You claim a lot of them are gone. Evidence 
shows otherwise.   They are still selling and succeeding. Next?

On 10 Apr 2015 at 10:26, David Gilbert wrote:

> 
> For mass production you need a mass market.  I don't think there is one 
> anymore.  Optibeam pretty much builds to order (although of course they 
> stock parts and tubing), and given the variety of models required to be 
> credible I suspect other companies do mostly the same.  I don't think 
> you have a clue about the scale of the market or the costs involved.  
> Stop and consider all the antenna companies that have folded or been 
> sold in the decade or two ... some several times.  If selling cheaper 
> antennas on a large scale was as lucrative as you claim somebody would 
> be doing it, but reality is headed in the other direction.
> 
> Dave   AB7E