Reg Edwards wrote:

9dB is only one and a half S-units. (Ignoring Roy's ancient S-meter).

The Outbacker may still be well worth the money!

But that's just the Capitalist System which places Religion above
scientific facts. Sorry for becoming a little off topic.

A drop of South African Western Cape helps to keep things in
proportion.

9 dB is also the gain of a good long-boom 4 element Yagi over a dipole.
You'd have to drink more than a spot of the wine to not see the difference.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL