Maybe down the road the NCJ will have an article on phasing this latest
creation by Isotron...
Best Regards,
Jim N9WW
James E. Chaggaris
President
PowerOne Corp.
1020 Cedar Ave.
Suite 110
St. Charles, IL 60174
Phn:(630) 443-6500
Fax:(630) 443-6505
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-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Pete Smith
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 2:09 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] 2006 Top Ten Chutzpah Awards - the top two
Both New Product announcements from September QST -
p.41 Isotron 40/20 meter antenna that looks like a cross between a 1960's
UHF antenna, a birdhouse, a ceramic coil from a BC-375 and a collection of
leftover flashing material. Really, guys, are we supposed to believe this
works?
p. 32 "Broadband Manpack Antenna and Mast from B&W" -- claiming less than
2:1 SWR 1.6-60 MHz. Picture looks like two christmas tree light reels, a
lot of hookup wire, two three foot pieces of tubing and a humongous
balun/dummy load. Rated for 20 watts. $545 for the antenna alone, or $1190
(!) for the antenna and mast kit.
The serious point of all this -- who the heck at ARRL is looking at these
things before publication? Whatever happened to the ARRL's holy attitude
about not advertising things that make no sense? Oh, I forgot - new product
announcements are FREE. But how many new hams will be duped?
I thought the August QST was pretty good, but this ... horrific!
73, Pete N4ZR
The World HF Contest Station Database
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