[TowerTalk] Vertical dipole other choices?

[jimlux]

On 10/21/20 5:21 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> Your manufacturing price guessestimate seems reasonable. I have built a 
> lot of antennas and it is not a huge savings over commercially built 
> ones. I am sure that manufactures get mill pricing and better hardware 
> pricing with quantity.  Don't forget that there are need add-ons to the 
> Greyline antenna so this system can easily cost $1500

Yes.. Aluminum as raw material right now is about $2-2.50/lb, and as 
formed tube in bulk (huge lots - truckloads) it's about twice that, and 
at retail, it's maybe 50%-100% higher, due to cutting and handling.


> 
> There does appear to be a market for this antenna and it is an 
> improvement for those with attic dipoles, etc.  Those users will likely 
> not notice the inflated website claims, they would just be happy to 
> receive the product that the paid for.
> 
> If I needed a multiband aesthetically pleasing antenna I would strongly 
> consider a SteppIR vertical for ~$2k. It requires ground radials but 
> they quickly become invisible.
> 
> John KK9A
>