Force 12 EF-420 (4 El 20 Mtr Monobander)

[KWIDELITZ at delphi.com]

I just put up the Force 12 EF-420 (4 element 20 meter monobander on a 30'
boom) at 46' and first reports are 4 S unit improvement over the PRO-96 at
76'. HOT DAMN!!!

I took down a TA-33 that I was using with the second radio. So now I can't
be on 10 & 15 at the same time, but for the next couple of years, who cares.

I'll get some more comparisons in the Sprint tomorrow.

73. Ken, AB6FO, KWIDELITZ at DELPHI.COM

>From k1iu at ids.net (Jeff)  Sat Sep 16 04:59:48 1995
From: k1iu at ids.net (Jeff) (Jeff)
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 03:59:48 GMT
Subject: 4 PORT COM BOARD-THE SCOOP

	Thanks to all who sent me info on the COM boards. So many
asked for info on the responses I decided to post to the reflector.
I guess many are building up their CONTEST (OOps, there it is!) 
stations. 
        A few mentioned buying (2) 2 port com boards that can be 
configured for various IRQ's but all who mentioned owning a Flexport
42 board by Quickpath are extremely happy with them. All hardware
is on 1 board with pig-tails off the board with DB-9's attached so
you only use 1 slot in your CONTEST computer. This is a 16 bit card
so one can use the higher interrupts all the way up to IRQ 15. The
parallel ports have the option of the standard addresses and the 
standard IRQ5 & IRQ7 interrupts (tnx N0DH). It uses buffered 16c552
Uarts.
        I called Quickpath and they said they had them for $120.
I immediately went into my "negotiating mode"! I said, "But a friend
of mine in the midwest told me he got them in a store in San Jose
for around $90". The woman said, "Well that's the price I have to
sell them to you for. Company policy". I said, "How about the name
of a couple of your retailers who are known to give a deal."
She gave me the name of NCA (800-622-1115). I called them and the
line was busy. I called HDSS (800-252-9777) in Newark, Ca. and Joe
said, "I can sell them to you for $98 each". I said, "Yes, but I 
have a dozen friends on the internet who want to know where I will
be getting my boards from". He said, "I sell a lot of these and I
can't do better". End of negotiations! $98 is better than $120.
$44 in my pocket (I bought 2 boards, I know my math!) is better
than in their's. That will pay for a nice prime rib dinner for the
next guy who climbs one of my towers. 
        Save this post if you think you will be buying a board in 
the future. FOX can even edit this and put it on his homepage.
        I hope this helps the many who asked for this inormation.

        73, Jeff Bouvier  k1iu at ids.net


>From H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil at seattleu.edu  Sat Sep 16 01:28:23 1995
From: H. Ward Silver" <hwardsil at seattleu.edu (H. Ward Silver)
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 17:28:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Last Call for Sprint Team
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9509151723.B6139-9100000 at bach.seattleu.edu>


The Grateful Ed needs you!  Last, and I mean last, call for any aspiring
sprinters to send the Eds into that long, dark sleep...

The team is:

N0AX, K7SS, NN7L, KF9PL, KI4HN, K7LXC, K2MM, AA7FT, #9, and #10.

Reply to me, please!

The team will be using the name "Jerry" (all spelled the same, too...)

73, Ward N0AX