Well this reminds me of those who just love to call this a 10K World ,in reality ,it's there own worlds not nessasaraly everybodies world. I truly doubt these guys are experts , just pleased users. $hit happens sometimes,antenna's fall down ,radios blow up,microphones die,ect.ect. ect. and i personally don't care how much they sold for because it can happen to anything. If I personally had my choice and the money to spare , I'd more then likely go with a I10K , I've just heard and read to many good things about them over the years, IM a cb radio operator so chances are ,I would personally stick with the Maco 5/8s it has always given me the satisfaction for my needs at 89.99. I understand what your saying here 194 , but face it dude ,these guys are sold on what they have and can afford to have it, that's what floats there boats , it's all good. To each his or her own. It's like i said earlier , Cales' 10K's for those that use them , there's nothing else on this planet for those guys other then those antenna's , I like Wilson's , because that's all I need. Oh and something else here , I know guys today that have been running old Wilson and Maco 5/8s for over 20 years now , all rusted up and damned near look black in the sky , but guess what , they still have great matches on them and there still talking all over the world with them, oh yeah ,but there just your run of the mill cb radio operators , they only care about what works for them and not about what the best equipment is on the face of the earth. And even if they could afford it , it's not what "they" need. Same goes for guys that run 5K to the guy that runs 500 watts or less , one just tends to need more then the other for them to feel like that's what is needed for them. Different strokes for different folks. BFD !! Peace
