BTW, here is the email I sent to QST after reading that article...
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I know that as a business owner that customers only say something when
they are not happy... As your customer I have to say that the QST
article comparing various mobile antenna configurations appears to be
a bad decision... The methodology is non existant and the information
imparted is thin gruel indeed... I can only assume you are having
problems finding articles elementary enough to satisfy your target
membership of new hams who have rudimentary technical knowledge...

Let me urge you to return with us now to those thrilling days of
yesteryear when QST set a technical standard and stimulated the young
hams reading it to learn and understand, rather than simply sliding
down to our level... Success and leadership is not exclusively
defined by circulation numbers - rather it is more defined by the
standing and esteem it is held in by the rest of the amateur,
technical, and professional community...
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denny / k8do