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It seems quite possible that I may be the person u refer to as "the gentleman with problems". Perhaps u should read my post again. I own several Force 12 antennas and I am very happy with them. They were all built at F12 under the old method, prior to last fall (as was urs according to ur post). I posted my comment to point out a concern, not to damage Force 12. A company that was built on quality has to keep that basis or they will not survive. Just look at all the antenna manufacturers that have come and gone. Force 12 has made hundreds (if not thousands) of quality antennas that people like u and I purchased at premium prices because we wanted the quality. We were willing to wait for it on "the waiting list". I have the utmost respect for Natan and the other folks at Force 12 who are focused on a quality product. It is my hope that they are able to reach back to the level of quality they had, and still survive economically. We need companies like Force 12 to manufacture quality antennas, even if we have to pay a premium to get that quality. Personally I don't want to buy a "commodity antenna" and I am sure that Force 12 would not want to have that sort of reputation. A major change in the way that F12 antennas are produced has occurred. It is a fact that demand outstripped supply so they made a change--change is part of corporate growth. Change can also produce some unforseen problems that need to be addressed. It is not heresy to point that out, is it? 73 de Frank, kb8xu At 11:58 AM 8/5/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Don't let that post scare you off! My experience is that reflectors only >bring out a few problems out of hundreds/thousands of products in service - >true for transceivers/antennas/whatever. > >I love my C31XR - It had had some bad reflector posts about "high SWR on >15M" - I didn't experience that at all. The thing went together extremely >easily and has worked super for 2 yrs now without a hitch. Highest SWR in >my hands is 1.4 on 20M RTTY - Everywhere else on 20/15/10 it's much lower - >almost 1:1. The balun has taken 1000+ watts of RTTY contesting without a >hitch. The SWR is the same today as 2 yrs ago. > >I can't imagine anything better right now. Out of all the antennas they >sell, one has to get messed up somehow, but this is the first post I've seen >like this. Out of my whole antenna, I did have maybe 2 holes that didn't >line up well enough - absolutely trivial to drill it so it was right. >Nothing else wrong at all - no missing parts. Good luck - you'll love it! >73 GL to the gentleman with problems too! -------------------------------------------- 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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