[Antennas] antenna comparisons

[Bob Nielsen]

On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 05:59:35AM -0500, n3drk wrote:
> Curious to see what all the hype is with the force 12 antennas i read the
> reviews on eham.net. Most of the reviews are downright funny with hams
> claiming to have worked dxcc. I like others find this not a hard
> accomplishment because one can work 200 or more countries using an ordinary
> dipole.
> 
> I later went to the website of force12 and found out the c3s antenna arrives
> at your home in a 4 foot box and is put together using rivets!
> 
> I am not downing this antenna but can someone who has put one of these
> antennas on the air give me some comparison studies?
> 
> I am using the "old" Mosley TA33SR with its Excellent construction and
> reliability. What about you hams who used one of these Mosleys and tried
> another antenna and went back to a Mosley.

There is a very comprehensive report made a few years ago by K7LXC and
N0AX comparing several yagis.  I don't recall the specific models, but
there were both Force 12 and Moseley antennas included in the
comparison.  Having spent much of my professional career measuring
antennas, I think their approach and measurement techniques were quite
valid and unbiased.  This report is available for purchase from
Champion Radio (http://www.championradio.com).  The authors also
prepared a similar report comparing several popular vertical antennas.

There was some discussion of riveted yagis on the Towertalk reflector a
while back.  You should be able to find it on the Towertalk archives at
http://www.contesting.com.  As I recall, the comments were generally
quite positive.

73,
Bob Nielsen, N7XY