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Re[2]: [TowerTalk] X9 40m add on kit

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Subject: Re[2]: [TowerTalk] X9 40m add on kit
From: sales@advantagecomm.net (Scott Bullock)
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 13:18:30 +0100
wooooooweeeeee........spin control at it's finest! :)

Somebody obviously put the cat out of the bag way too soon to have all the
advertising done for 2 elements. This should have been tried and tested
before it was printed for the general population. I liken this to General
Motors distributing sales flyers for a battery car that goes 1,000 miles
between charges. (suppose it could be done, but the drawbacks would be
tremendous)

I'm just glad I didn't buy a few of these and put them up on my tower
planning to upgrade them to 2 el 40's later on. I think I would be a little
unhappy too!

This just goes with my philosophy of not buying anything new until it's
been tried and tested by many. That way all the bugs and revisions/mods are
worked out beforehand.

73,
Scott
KA1CLX




At 12:27 PM 7/10/98, you wrote:
>
>
>     To Will, Terry and the entire TowerTalk group:
>     
>     As President of Cushcraft, I try to avoid getting into all of the day 
>     to day details of things such as the content of our instruction 
>     manuals and web page.  I do this for two reasons - one is to let 
>     people excel to the best of there abilities and the other is not to 
>     force my opinions on them.  I quite simply did not realize that we had 
>     formally announced a 2 element kit to this extent. 
>     
>     I also don't want to start blaming Art for everything bad that had 
>     happened in the past because he did a lot of great things for 
>     Cushcraft.  He was solely responsible for the manual and web page 
>     content, however, I still stand behind my statement in the last 
>     message:  
>     
>     "These statements were made by Art without him or the rest of our 
>     organization being sure that a two element kit would work. I suspect 
>     Art had meant that a two element add on kit was our design goal rather 
>     than it being a promise."
>     
>     I also stand behind the following statements:
>     
>     "As far as the X940 being only a single element - our engineering 
>     effort was lead by Danny (T93M) who designed both the X7 and the X9.  
>     He tried to implement a two element solution but it was not 
>     significantly better than a single element and it degraded the X9 
>     performance on the other bands.  We were not willing to make the 
>     performance sacrifice on the other bands and we were not willing to 
>     provide an inferior two element solution. 
>     
>     Had we implemented an inferior two element solution, most users in the 
>     amateur community may have never noticed.  However, that's not the way 
>     Cushcraft operates - period."  
>      
>     Feedback is always welcome and appreciated.  I will deal with any 
>     comments this community has to offer fairly and with honesty.
>     
>     73
>     Steve Best
>     President
>     Cushcraft Corporation
>     
>
>
>______________________________ Reply Separator 
>_________________________________
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] X9 40m add on kit
>Author:  "Will  KN6DV" <kn6dv@contesting.com>
>From: "Will  KN6DV" 
><kn6dv@contesting.com> at InterNet
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Date:    7/10/98 11:27 AM
>
>
>
>
>> : Steve wrote:
>>
>>     Gentlemen:
>>
>>     The X9 40 meter add on kit will begin shipping to dealers next week. 
>>
>>     Yes, as posted by W8EB, the 40 meter add on kit is a single element 
>>     not two elements.  As far as Cushcraft "promising" that it would be 
>>     two elements - well, I am not sure what "promises" were ever made.
>>     Apparently Art made some statements about the add on kit being a two 
>>     element kit.   These statements were made by Art without him or the
>>     rest of our organization being sure that a two element kit would work. 
>>     I suspect Art had meant that a two element add on kit was our design
>>     goal rather than it being a promise. 
>***********************************************************
>     
>Oh, it was Art than who did all the advertisement for a 2 element ad on kit, 
>also there was/is a price tag for a 2 ! element ad on kit.
>As a mater of fact Steve, if you go to your web X9 web page it advertise the 
>X9 with a "Optional 2 element a 40 M kit".
>     
>""""""""X940 . . . 2 Element, 40 Meter Add-on Kit for X9 . . . . 
>$340"""""""""""""
>     
>     
>I don't call this "some statements" or "design goal".
>     
>Also if you look at page 1 of the Assembly & Installation manual for the X9, 
>it talks about the ad on kit as a 2 element kit.
>     
>Will
>     
>     
>     
>     
>     
>     
>>>>>>snip
>>
>>     73
>>     Steve Best
>>     President
>>     Cushcraft Corporation
>>     sbest@cushcraft.com
>>     (603) 627-7877 x 302
>>
>>
>>
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