[TowerTalk] Mosley Antenna Question

[Courtney Judd]

I just have to put my 2 cents here on this subject! Back in the 70's my 
friend and neighbor Don ... then WA4BCY, now K4UE... and I... then 
K4JYO, now K4WI.. were busy chasing DX for new ones for our DXCC total 
count. Don and I had identical rigs except for antennas: Drake twins and 
SB220 amps; Don had a TH6-dxx @100 ft and I had a Hygain 2 el Quad @ 100 
ft. Don and I usually ran neck and neck on any DX that showed up. A 
newbie showed up in the neighbor hood and asked us for advice and he 
ended up with the same setup except someone told him that Mosley was the 
best antenna to have. So he put up a Mosley tribander at 100 ft. One 
evening Don and I were chatting with KC4AA in the Antartic and the 
newbie broke in and asked if he could make contact.... Sure, good ahead 
and call him.... after about 10 attempts by him the KC4 asked if the 
caller was using a wet noodle for an antenna as he could not hear a peep 
from the WB4. I guess that made him feel so bad that he sold all his ham 
stuff and went back to 11 meters. I felt sorry for him but he was given 
good advice and didn't follow it. Most everyone knew that if you were 
serious about increasing your DXCC totals, Mosley was not the way to go! 
I worked my first 300 countries with that 2 el quad but eventually 
switched to Yaesu FT-1000D and KLM "Big Sticks" monobanders and ended up 
with my total of 355. So this is real world experience with the 
Mosley/others; I always liked going up against any dude with a Mosley 
antenna in a DX pileup... made life easier for me!  My 2 cents for sure 
lol 73's Cort K4WI

> ve4xt at mymts.net <mailto:ve4xt at mymts.net>
> Wednesday, February 18, 2015 10:54 PM
> The point many Mosley supporters don't seem to understand is that from 
> the results of one antenna, you cannot derive any knowledge about 
> whether it is outperforming another yagi of comparable cost or dimensions.
>
> A person who puts up a TH7 and uses it exclusively for ten years can 
> proclaim he was happy with the performance, but has no basis for 
> proclaiming it would have outperformed, say, a Skyhawk, JK Tribander, 
> X7 or even a Pro57.
>
> Someone who took down a TA 33 and replaced it with an A4s and notices 
> an improvement DOES have a basis for regretting buying the TA33, however.
>
> An engineer and a tower expert who create a scientific plan for 
> comparing antennas and execute that plan do have a basis for saying 
> that one brand of antennas was inferior to competing, comparable 
> models, as well.
>
> The plural of anecdote is not data. Only by sound comparison can one 
> say for certain that spending $1,500 with Mosley is better than 
> spending $1,500 with DX Engineering or Hy-Gain or JK.
>
> 73, Kelly
> ve4xt
>
>
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