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There must be something about this antenna. I've been into CB since the early 70s and the buzz about how good or better the AP performs compared to other alleged better antennas is almost universal. It is an endless debate in almost any radio forum you can find. It was a debate on the CB radio back then and in radio magazines before the internet. You can hardly find anyone who says it performed less than what they replaced it with when it came to signal strength distance communication. I think, and I emphasize "think" from what I have been reading all over the web, is it may very well be that Avanti really found something unique with this design that enabled what seems to be a 1/4 wave physical antenna to perform more like a 5/8 wave. And I think that was their logic to say it was a 5/8 wave. To make 5/8 wave a "Claim" for advertising, they set out in an interesting & unique way to measure it physically as way to back up the 5/8 claim. Am I correct on this point at least in theory on what Avanti tried to do?

I'm not technical enough on antenna's/radiation patterns to really understand all the science and theory. I'm trying to learn but my learning path is typically from the top down not the bottom up in a technical area since I'm not an engineer/tech. So I so get lost in the science here. If I can get the top view, its helps me understand the science/theory aspects faster. Thanks for everyone's input.

Thanks Mark

<blockquote data-quote="Mark Scannura" data-source="post: 623100" data-attributes="member: 42821">There must be something about this antenna. I&#039;ve been into CB since the early 70s and the buzz about how good or better the AP performs compared to other alleged better antennas is almost universal. It is an endless debate in almost any radio forum you can find. It was a debate on the CB radio back then and in radio magazines before the internet. You can hardly find anyone who says it performed less than what they replaced it with when it came to signal strength distance communication. I think, and I emphasize &quot;think&quot; from what I have been reading all over the web, is it may very well be that Avanti really found something unique with this design that enabled what seems to be a 1/4 wave physical antenna to perform more like a 5/8 wave. And I think that was their logic to say it was a 5/8 wave. To make 5/8 wave a &quot;Claim&quot; for advertising, they set out in an interesting &amp; unique way to measure it physically as way to back up the 5/8 claim. Am I correct on this point at least in theory on what Avanti tried to do?I&#039;m not technical enough on antenna&#039;s/radiation patterns to really understand all the science and theory. I&#039;m trying to learn but my learning path is typically from the top down not the bottom up in a technical area since I&#039;m not an engineer/tech. So I so get lost in the science here. If I can get the top view, its helps me understand the science/theory aspects faster. Thanks for everyone&#039;s input.Thanks Mark</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark Scannura, post: 623100, member: 42821"] There must be something about this antenna. I've been into CB since the early 70s and the buzz about how good or better the AP performs compared to other alleged better antennas is almost universal. It is an endless debate in almost any radio forum you can find. It was a debate on the CB radio back then and in radio magazines before the internet. You can hardly find anyone who says it performed less than what they replaced it with when it came to signal strength distance communication. I think, and I emphasize "think" from what I have been reading all over the web, is it may very well be that Avanti really found something unique with this design that enabled what seems to be a 1/4 wave physical antenna to perform more like a 5/8 wave. And I think that was their logic to say it was a 5/8 wave. To make 5/8 wave a "Claim" for advertising, they set out in an interesting & unique way to measure it physically as way to back up the 5/8 claim. Am I correct on this point at least in theory on what Avanti tried to do? I'm not technical enough on antenna's/radiation patterns to really understand all the science and theory. I'm trying to learn but my learning path is typically from the top down not the bottom up in a technical area since I'm not an engineer/tech. So I so get lost in the science here. If I can get the top view, its helps me understand the science/theory aspects faster. Thanks for everyone's input. Thanks Mark [/QUOTE]

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