Well, I bought three Cushcraft yagis - NONE OF THE ANTENNAS WORKED OUT
OF THE BOX!!!!
Missing parts, wrong parts, parts that didn't fit with each other, etc
:(
And I'm not mentioning numerous trips to the hardware store for
nuts/bolts/etc and the re-drilling of a few holes. Oh yeah, the
directions were wrong in a few places too. And getting missing/wrong
parts was not trivial either.
The antennas DO perform well, and some of their employees are quite
nice, but I think Cushcraft just doesn't give a damn!
73
Ted KR1G
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>From: "Tommy Tow, WD4K" <ttow@bellsouth.net>
>To: "Tony Kazmakites" <n2tk@idsi.net>,
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>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cushcraft parts help vs new Force 12 warc
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>Hi Tony, Last April my home (and shack) sustained 100k+ in damage from
a
>Tornado here in Nashville. One of the antennas damaged was an A3s.
While
>in Dayton, I asked Cushcraft for some help in getting parts to repair.
I
>asked for nothing free but just some help. They were very arrogant,
rude
>and did not want to be bothered with my problems. They did get one of
their
>dealers to "help" me out with the suggestion that I buy a new one. I
vowed
>that never would a Cushcraft product show up on my towers. I
immediately
>went to the Force 12 booth and bought a C31XR. I am VERY VERY pleased
with
>the product, performance and the company. I am in the process of
buying two
>more Force 12's. Tom, N6BT and the company have been super. I believe
"no
>service=no sales." my 2 cents worth-very 73, Tommy WD4K PS -Ck out
F12's
>model C3--a very fine product!!
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tony Kazmakites <n2tk@idsi.net>
>To: Towertalk Reflector <towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Date: Saturday, February 06, 1999 6:27 PM
>Subject: [TowerTalk] Cushcraft parts help vs new Force 12 warc antenna
>
>
>>
>>A few months ago I filled out the paperwork on Cushcraft's web site
for
>>parts info. No answer yet. Thursday afternoon I faxed a request for
pricing
>>and delivery for traps for my A3WS. Maybe I will hear from them next
week.
>>Has anyone found a way to get quick response from Cushcraft for parts?
>Their
>>non-human phone system does not help.
>>
>>Don't know what happened to my A3WS with the 30m add on kit. Maybe I
took a
>>lightning hit last week or maybe it was caused by shunt feeding the
tower
>on
>>160m? But, 17 and 30m now have infinite swr and are very quiet. I only
run
>>barefoot on warc, so not sure what happened. I'm assuming that one or
both
>>TM traps are bad as 12m still has same resonate point and swr curve.
>>
>>So, if I can't get parts from Cushcraft I will replace the antenna.
Looking
>>at the Force 12 WARC antenna. I have had experiences with the Force 12
>>10-20m antennas and I am very pleased with the setup, ease of
construction
>
>>and how well they performed. Below 20m they use linear loading. I am
>>wondering how much trouble it is to set up. I don't want to keep
titling
>>over the tower to make many adjustments. I would appreciate any
comments,
>>especially on the WARC antenna setup.
>>Tnx
>>Tony N2TK
>>
>>
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