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not improve on what Guy has said so well. I recall my Granddad telling me one time that there is always somone who can tear up an anvil :) Some things never change, except in this day and time, the blame game is the order of the day. 73, Tommy WD4K -----Original Message----- From: Guy Olinger, K2AV [mailto:olinger@bellsouth.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 7:40 PM To: Andrew Williamson; Force12Talk@qth.com Subject: Re: [Force 12 Talk] F12 dependability "F12 have not accepted that this was a design flaw" Same tired old rag... Is this just a coded complaint that "mfr. made an improvement and didn't upgrade mine for free"? With emphasis on "free" and maybe expecting some kind of a self-effacing ground-scraping apology for effect? For most folks, a public change in a public design is a token of progress, an indicator that a mfr is alive and doing better things as time goes along. This year's Toyota has improvements not in the model I bought last year. Think they're going to "fix" mine for free? What about all the structural improvements that Cushcraft made to their shorty forty in the XM-240. Did that mean that Cushcraft was obliged to replace all the old models/parts with XM-240 stuff? That would be a formula for bankruptcy. Myself, I'm glad there is a ham antenna manufacturer still in business that has been pushing the design envelope. I can't count the number of times that I had to pull down and repair my old Hygain stuff. All that misery went away when I bought F12. And, frankly, that's the story I hear everywhere else. Really hard anymore to put any stock in a report of frequent F12 failures. Common sense would suggest that the odd report out has something else going on, like trying to scrape by on the cheap using the lower rated antennas in severe locations, or poor assembly, or ... Now if half the people I know who have F12 were complaining about something, I'd be the first to pound on F12. But that ain't what's happening. Instead I see F12 stuff surviving nasty ice storms that put whole areas (like here) out of power for up to a week and more. My F12's are stronger than power poles, trees and a whole lot of outdoor arial/tower stuff that didn't make it around here last winter. As to free upgrades, even the government-ordered auto recalls aren't free. They're factored into the cost of the business, and we pay for them up front when we buy a new car. There ARE some ham antenna mfr's roundly deserving of being beat upon. F12 ain't one of 'em. There are mfr's who have listened to complaints/ideas/questions and used same to design something new and better. F12 IS one of 'em. No, I don't work for them, no commercial ties, nuthin. And I have keen interest in designs by other manufacturers. 73 all, Guy. -------------------------------------------- Force12Talk mailing list provided as a service by Force 12 Antennas, Inc. Force12 Web Site: http://www.force12inc.com To Submit Message to the List: Force12Talk@qth.com To unsubscribe and view the Message Archive: see http://qth.com/force12/list For problems with the list: contact n4zr@qth.com -------------------------------------------- Force12Talk mailing list provided as a service by Force 12 Antennas, Inc. Force12 Web Site: http://www.force12inc.com To Submit Message to the List: Force12Talk@qth.com To unsubscribe and view the Message Archive: see http://qth.com/force12/list For problems with the list: contact n4zr@qth.com |