On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:05:14 -0600, Cecil Moore
wrote:
If someone experiences a 5 dBi monopole beating a
11 dBi beam, I am skeptical.

Hi All,

The statement above is the poster child of the lack of demonstrables.
It is a binary comparison that leads to one of two conclusions based
on incomplete discussion. In the linear world, there are many, many
factors that go into judgemental determinations instead of these two
rather threadbare characteristics that are only inferentially
associated to a more profound observation.

Such vague statements lead cfa proponents to claim their dipole
designs whip standard FCC implementations of monopoles. Then when you
examine the data, yup, the FCC design eclipses their generalities
couched in neo-academia by 20 to 30dB. Such is the stuff of Flat
Earth Socialism that huffs and puffs dusty tomes with speculations of
long leaded resistors against the unequivocal evidence of peer judged
field work.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC