Hello , and TNX so much for the great information. As i mentioned above I tend to lean toward the DB rateings. The two rateings are the only rateings I know to gage the antennas by, other than the physical characteristics of any of them. The antenna want be exposed to weather so that will not be an issue.
I have bought antennas in the past that were repersented by a DBI. Just none of them were a vertical base station.antenna. They worked out fine , but that was years ago. (There was no internet at that time)
But, there is one gage that is the best way to check out any of them..
And that is to chat with other Hams about there experiences with the antennas and the sharing of that knowledge can go along way.
And R&R is great place to start.
There is nothing better than a live test .
One of my main worries is the Quality Control 0f the assembly of the product and if all the parts are in the package. I read alot of bad reviews on alot of these antennas and many of them are the same kind of issues.shared between them.
I guess its the nature of the besast, just have to deal with it.
TNX again