an old radio friend about 20 miles atcf from me was using his sirio 827, sirio's best performing and by far strongest 5/8wave groundplane,
he told me he'd bought a gainmaster and wanted to know what i thought about them,
been a 827 devotee he was not expecting better performance just a lighter neater antenna, something he could safely handle without assistance,
the antenna sits on a 20ft scaffold pole fixed to a shed in a small field on flat ground.
i asked him to do an impromptu test swapping antennas on the same ( pole /coax/ ft857@ full power ) before he bought new coax for the gainmaster,
his signal to me was between s-4 and s-5
he swapped to the gainmaster, his signal has increased to a solid s-6,
some of my other radio friends who usually struggle to hear what he's saying when im talking to him now receive him with increased signal and perfectly readable modulation,
the happy owner reports similar improvement in his receive.
as always your mileage may vary
he told me he'd bought a gainmaster and wanted to know what i thought about them,
been a 827 devotee he was not expecting better performance just a lighter neater antenna, something he could safely handle without assistance,
the antenna sits on a 20ft scaffold pole fixed to a shed in a small field on flat ground.
i asked him to do an impromptu test swapping antennas on the same ( pole /coax/ ft857@ full power ) before he bought new coax for the gainmaster,
his signal to me was between s-4 and s-5
he swapped to the gainmaster, his signal has increased to a solid s-6,
some of my other radio friends who usually struggle to hear what he's saying when im talking to him now receive him with increased signal and perfectly readable modulation,
the happy owner reports similar improvement in his receive.
as always your mileage may vary