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Re: [TowerTalk] Force 12?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Force 12?
From: "Jerry Keller" <k3bz@arrl.net>
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:29:47 -0500
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Tom....May I have the pleasure of wholeheartedly recommending the SteppIR yagi?
http://www.steppir.com/
I am merely an extremely satisfied and happy user of the SteppIR 3L, one of the 
smaller units. Not
cheap, but the best antenna for the buck I've ever had.
73,  Jerry K3BZ

----- Original Message ----- From: "WA2BPE" <wa2bpe@infoblvd.net>
To: "Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
Cc: "Alan C. Zack" <k7acz@cox.net>; <Towertalk@contesting.com>; "Bruce Osterberg" <bruceosterberg@msn.com>; <k8do@mailblocks.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Force 12?



This is indeed a disconcerting topic. I am due to replace my aging KT34A (original mfgr) and the list of candidates is shrinking. Surely F12 should realize that "..there's trouble in
River City..." and that bad PR can bury them regardless of product performance. Surely they understand $$$ - or do they?


Tom - wa2bpe

Pete Smith wrote:

At 10:42 PM 1/7/2005, Alan C. Zack wrote:
>...
>At one time they had a gentleman named Natan who was good at answering
>technical questions but could not help with missing parts.  Only the
>owner, Tom, could help with parts matters and trying to get his help was
>useless.  For what ever reason, Natan is no longer with F12.
>
>I would not purchase another F12 product.  Mosley, Cushcraft, and Hy-Gain
>still have good product lines that are affordable and who still offer
>customer service after the sale.

It dismays me to see F12 developing such a bad reputation for
service.  Natan certainly did a good job of handling customer requests when
he was there, but he was on the east coast, so his hands-on access to the
factory was always limited.  I corresponded with him at the time he left
the company, and he gave no indication that it was due to F12 reasons, but
rather to his interest in pursuing EMT training.

Just for the record, I am volunteer admin for the F12 reflector
(force12talk@qth.com) but have no other connection with the company.

73, Pete N4ZR



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