[50mhz] W5ZF comments

[KC2FTN in N.Y.]

Hopefully, this dbi vs dbd thread won't go on much longer. dbi is a 
NON-EXISTENT reference point. Kinda' like me saying that my car has 50 more 
horsepower. 50 more horsepower versus WHAT? I remember seeing a CB antenna 
ad a few years ago for an Antron-99 (vertical/omni) that boasted a 9.9 dbi 
gain, and people were buying them big time. I emailed Antron, and asked them 
to explain their 9.9 dbi gain claim, since this is the typical gain that 
you'd get from a 3-element 10-meter beam. I never did get any response from 
Antron, but I did notice they have since dropped their 'gain claim' down to 
3.3dbi.



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>From: Paul Manuel <k4pdm at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: k4pdm at yahoo.com
>To: 50mhz at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [50mhz] W5ZF comments
>Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 12:14:21 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>
>--- Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO <w5wvo at cybermesa.net> wrote:
> > Your point about "exuberant imagination" is well-taken, but I'm afraid
> > your data is a little out of date.  :-)  The ARRL changed their
> >advertising policy with regard to antenna gain figures in April 1998 --
> >over seven years ago.
>
>I was surprised to learn this, because the manufacturers still do not
>normally advertise the gain figures in QST. I am at work, so the most
>recent QST I have access to is from 2003, but none of the antenna ads
>contain gain numbers. Does anyone ever advertise them in QST?
>73,
>Paul K4PDM
>
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