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Subject: [Towertalk] Force 12 vs. Cushcraft who wins?
From: Jerry Plemmons" <jerry@plemmons.net (Jerry Plemmons)
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 14:53:10 -0500
I, too, had good service.  Two weeks ago I sent an e-mail to
Force12e@lightlink.com and got an immediate response from Natan.  I
mentioned that the boom to mast mounting plate was slipping and the boom was
turning on the mast.  I didn't want to drill the mast and run a bolt through
it to secure the boom.   He cautioned me not to torque down too much on the
mast.   Within 2 or 3 days a box arrived at the house with a new
boom-to-mast mounting plate drilled for 4 U-bolts and he included the two
additional U-bolts.

Jerry, K6JRY
Wickford, Rhode Island
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----- Original Message -----
From: <n6tqs@arrl.net>
To: <kk9a@arrl.net>
Cc: <K7LXC@aol.com>; <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Force 12 vs. Cushcraft who wins?


> As is usual, your mileage may vary:  I've had good response by email
>    lately, to a specific question.
>
> One of the locals apparently has had good luck getting through to N6BT
>    and others, although he had bought a second-hand C4.  He did end up
>    buying a relay box to extend the bandwidth of the 40M element.
>
> 73, doug
>
>    From: <kk9a@arrl.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>    Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 16:33:37 -0000
>
>    It's interesting that you said this.  Several years ago I tried to
purchase
>    some de-expedition antennas for a trip to Grand Cayman.  I called Tom a
>    number of times and he never returned the calls.  I build my own
antennas
>    instead and crossed Force12 off of my list of suppliers.  I am now
looking
>    for antennas for my house in Aruba.  Most of the locals are now using
>    Force12 products and they are surviving the harsh climate.  They also
>    perform well and I am once again considering their product.  Hopefully
their
>    customer service has improved.
>
>    John
>
>    ----- Original Message -----
>    From: <K7LXC@aol.com>
>    To: <kk9a@arrl.net>; <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
>    Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 16:22
>    Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Force 12 vs. Cushcraft who wins?
>
>
>    In a message dated 12/2/02 6:46:29 AM Pacific Standard Time,
kk9a@arrl.net
>    writes:
>
>    >  I would like to point out that my 2001 Force12
>    >  catalog shows Champion Radio as one of their USA dealers.  I don't
know
>    if
>    >  he still is a dealer and hopefully his recommendations are unbiased.
>
>        Several years ago before F12 became the #1 ham radio antenna
>    manufacturer, Champion Radio Products sold *some* F12 products. They
tended
>    to be custom antennas and only very occasionally a C-3 or C-4. The
>    relationship was dropped after dozens of fruitless phone calls to Tom,
N6BT,
>    over a week's time where I was never able to actually talk to him. Any
>    company that doesn't field a phone call from one of their dealers isn't
one
>    that I'm interested in doing business with.
>
>        This doesn't change the fact that they make pretty good antennas
but
>    their customer service isn't on the same level.
>
>    Cheers,
>    Steve     K7LXC
>    Champion Radio Products
>
>
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