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for a quality antenna from a company I have confidence in. I have a 4 year old C3XLD that is of the old school of quality, meaning near perfect. F12 got where they are with innovative designs and extreme attention to quality. I hope the profit beancounters don't destroy a good thing here, like they have at so many other companies. Clearly it takes extra labor and time to preassemble, drill, and disassemble every element before it goes in the box. If prices need to rise to meet that requirement, I'll pay it, within human reason. Keeping a premium price while simultaneously *lowering* the quality of the antenna in order to crank more out the door will not fly with me, and I think most others. There are things more horrible than a waiting list, and in the manufacturing business a backlog of orders, although sometimes a problem, is a far better problem to have than an inventory surplus. I hope F12 doesn't find that out the hard way. I'm planning on adding a 40M yagi to the new tower. If F12 wants to sell me a boom and an unmeasured and undrilled set of elements as a KIT, fine. Tell me up front it's a kit, include clear and accurate written instructions, and I'll still buy it, but not at the current prices. At $1,000 to $3,000 plus shipping for a yagi, I don't think drilling a couple of dozen holes and verifying element fit is out of line. Maybe two pricing options would work: The kit form (at a lower price) or the fully tested enchilada at a higher price for those with fatter wallets and uncertain assembly skills. It would be interesting to see what the difference in price turned out to be. If this is really the trend at Force 12, Mr. Tom had best nip this thing in the bud, right now. Are you listening, Tom? 73, Jerry W5KP > > For every ones info: F12 no longer assembles and tests each antenna as > they advertise (and used to do). > Instead of making and testing each antenna F12 now makes parts. They put > them together in a box and ship it to you (an antenna kit so to > speak). They sample each batch by putting together one or?more for > testing. According to F12 this change was needed for a very simple > reason--demand could not be met the old way. THE QUALITY WAY we had all > come to expect! > -------------------------------------------- Force12Talk mailing list provided as a service by Force 12 Antennas, Inc. Web sites: http://www.qth.com/force12 and http://www.force12inc.com Submissions: send to Force12Talk@qth.com To unsubscribe: send a blank e-mail to Force12Talk-leave@qth.com Force12Talk Message Archive: http://www.qth.com/force12/list/force12talk For problems with the list, contact n4zr@qth.com |
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