In a message dated 7/3/2007 2:13:18 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
> I've been looking at a C19XR/C31XR, TH7/TH11, or possibly a Steppir. All
seem to have waiting times of 1-4 months.
> Does anybody even manufacture the products they claim to make? I've
jumped through some seriously hoops these last few weeks to get a tower in
place
before the HF World Championships (not to mention the nearly vertical learning
curve for somebody new to all of this). Of all the places I thought would
NOT be a problem, ordering a company's product direct from that company tops
the list.
The good news and the bad news is that they all manufacture their own
products. They're all small businesses with all of the attendant problems.
Hy-Gain products used to be available at many retailers but a customer
of mine had to wait awhile for a TH-11 a year ago so I guess that's history. I
would have thought that was a no brainer.
The rest don't have any finished goods inventory - they build the
antenna after they get the order - again, with all the attendant problems.
Same with US Towers. It's not an easy problem to solve.
Cheers & GL with your new array,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH &
Champion Radio Products
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