Sorry, I didnʻt mean to use it against you mack. So I have been Avenged. 
and mis-informed.
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Sorry, I didnʻt mean to use it against you mack. So I have been Avenged.
Random? Jeez.... if I was trying to mess with ya Mack with random pictures I would have made it a lot more interesting than that
For reference: I did a video recording of the testing (continuous and completed all at the same time at the same location) then just took the stills from the video in my editing software. I could have posted the hi-res individual pictures but I thought assembling them in photoshop stacked like that was more interesting to look at and easier for comparison.
When I used a different vehicle I drove to the exact same parking spot and aimed the vehicle in the same direction, etc, etc.
As you guys all know I never claim anything I do is scientific. I definitely try my best to remove variables but if a fly lands on my antenna and farts during one of my tests I can't be held responsible for the variance
You guys seem to have missed the most relevant and telling information on his web site:
'This website is purely for entertainment purposes. Any and all articles, reviews, products, pictures, writings or any other material published on this website are written and are to be used for entertainment purposely only. All materials on this website are written and posted purely to entertain the reader/website visitor.'
When you are writing articles simply to entertain, you're not required to provide accurate or factual information...only opinion.
Fair enough so if we're to use these findings "as close to actual" scientific results as we're going to get without spending large amounts of money then the Predator 10-k offers no more performance than any of the other antennas tested there we should make our choice that fits our setups and not base on any claims of the manufacturers as their claims are inflated and in most cases overly exaggerated?Random? Jeez.... if I was trying to mess with ya Mack with random pictures I would have made it a lot more interesting than that
For reference: I did a video recording of the testing (continuous and completed all at the same time at the same location) then just took the stills from the video in my editing software. I could have posted the hi-res individual pictures but I thought assembling them in photoshop stacked like that was more interesting to look at and easier for comparison.
When I used a different vehicle I drove to the exact same parking spot and aimed the vehicle in the same direction, etc, etc.
As you guys all know I never claim anything I do is scientific. I definitely try my best to remove variables but if a fly lands on my antenna and farts during one of my tests I can't be held responsible for the variance
I use the same model predator on my 70 chevy pickup for several years now and I chose it for the fact that other predators I own suited my needs and I discounted any and all hype about antennas and looked at the pure fact that the antenna is very well built and that the more metal exposes to the atmosphere it operates in the better, kinda like the 102'' stainless whip that sadly did not meet my needs and was $50 less expensive but still offers the same performance.
Thank you for taking the time to check the difference in signal strength between several antennas giving the consumer many options without any bias.
cbradiomagazine.com said:
And when you get down to the bottom line, all of these 'non-scientific' tests/reviews are subjective, not objective. Meaning that while they can be as honest as possible, they are not any sort of guarantee of anything. What may work just dandy for me and my particular situation may work terribly for others. One size never fits all application.
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Call Moving On Electronics up in Sydney Oh. Here's the number: 937-394-7338
Ask them about their Monkey Made Round Coil Antenna. Some of us Freight Haulers called them Big John Antenna or Bronco Buster Antenna. i have been using this Round coil Antenna for over 7 yrs. The CB Shop calls it a Monkey Made Round Coil Antenna. Sells for 89.95 I do believe. I have NOT YET tried the 10k Antenna. Maybe i should. JMO.
No where on Monkey Mades site does it show any round coiled antenna's...That aside, the shop your talking about may have some antenna's they call monkey-mades, that have round tubing for the coils, and they are calling Monkey's, simply because they are a open coiled antenna...
From what I have herd, Bronco Buster antenna's are a open coiled antenna similar to the 10K and others, but built by someone other than Monkey Made...(Most likely someone who is local to the shop your talking about)
At any rate...Kale never threatened the folks at Monkey Made to change their design...."IF" that was true, then there's several other company's building antenna's that look like carbon copy's of the Predator 10K he could go after....Tram has the closest looking antenna to the 10K than anyone else, so if Kale had a case, it would be against Tram...
On another note...There are several antenna's that look like carbon copy's of Monkey Mades too. I once had a antenna called Megatron, that looked almost just like a MM...If you put the two side by side, unless you knew which was which, you would think both were MM...
Neither MM or Predator has any kind of design patent on their antenna's so neither would have any recourse trying to keep others from copying their antenna's.
same here only 2bbl changed to a 4bbl when I swapped the original 350 with a fresh long block.
Factory a/c,tilt,heavy half ton 6 lug axles with factory over loads over the rear coils.