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<blockquote data-quote="2cvbloke" data-source="post: 869468" data-attributes="member: 199791"><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite13" alt=":-rofl2" title="roll on floor :-rofl2" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-rofl2" /></p><p></p><p>You're forgetting the cowboys, they'll fit anything so long as they can over-charge for it claiming they're better than the more expensive (and properly designed) alternatives, just look at the average chimney stack with various forms of cheap & nasty aerials that have fallen apart within a couple of years of being fitted from being made of thin metal, all fitted by companies who insist <em>"they're the best you can get and anything else is junk, and it's all we'll supply and fit"</em>, from wideband high-gain aerials in strong signal areas to circular dipole antennas for FM & DAB that actually have negative gain... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite13" alt=":-rofl2" title="roll on floor :-rofl2" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-rofl2" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Funnily enough, nope, not from the manufacturers (but then the chinese are very secretive about their manufacturing techniques!!), but looking about, there's some data from people who have tried them, and looking and the numbers, I'd say you'd be better off sticking a coathanger in the aerial socket on a radio rather than waste money on one of those S-curve things...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite13" alt=":-rofl2" title="roll on floor :-rofl2" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-rofl2" /></p><p></p><p><a href="http://imageevent.com/holl_ands/omni;jsessionid=v2dfreznx6.eagle_s" target="_blank">http://imageevent.com/holl_ands/omni;jsessionid=v2dfreznx6.eagle_s</a></p><p>(Scroll down to test no. 13, waste of money and better off sent to a scrapman after purchase!!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2cvbloke, post: 869468, member: 199791"] :-rofl2 You're forgetting the cowboys, they'll fit anything so long as they can over-charge for it claiming they're better than the more expensive (and properly designed) alternatives, just look at the average chimney stack with various forms of cheap & nasty aerials that have fallen apart within a couple of years of being fitted from being made of thin metal, all fitted by companies who insist [I]"they're the best you can get and anything else is junk, and it's all we'll supply and fit"[/I], from wideband high-gain aerials in strong signal areas to circular dipole antennas for FM & DAB that actually have negative gain... :-rofl2 Funnily enough, nope, not from the manufacturers (but then the chinese are very secretive about their manufacturing techniques!!), but looking about, there's some data from people who have tried them, and looking and the numbers, I'd say you'd be better off sticking a coathanger in the aerial socket on a radio rather than waste money on one of those S-curve things...:-rofl2 [url]http://imageevent.com/holl_ands/omni;jsessionid=v2dfreznx6.eagle_s[/url] (Scroll down to test no. 13, waste of money and better off sent to a scrapman after purchase!!) [/QUOTE]
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