[Towertalk] Re: Re: 15M on C31XR

[Jan Erik Holm]

Donīt think you understod me either. As far as I remember I never
talked about hights for antennas, how to tune them, MFJ analyzers,
crank up towers etc etc.
What I stated was that my feeling was and is that there are far to
many complaints on the Force12 products then needed. I consider
Force12 antennas to be very expensive things and you far from
get what you pay for, think the Force12 products are very much
"over advertized" and need to come down to earth, if you understand
what I mean.
When itīs up to competition I donīt know where you got that bit from.
To make things cleare, I donīt need to buy any Force12 antennas or
any other antennas that are made in the world, I already have enough
antennas that I made myself and are perfectly happy with the performance
of my radio station  which is far far above average.

73 Jim SM2EKM
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N6ZO@aol.com wrote:

>With due respect, I do not think you understood that post correctly.
>
>Lets not take force 12 to task for this problem  The owner has stated that he
>made unauthorized mods and he said he only had a "feeling" things were not 
>quite what they could be.  For contesting, I think it was N4KW who pointed 
>out that
>90 feet might be too high for 15 meters at certain times of the day.  This is 
>consistent with what I have seen with stacked beams on 15 where the lower 
>beam in the stack at 45-60 feet is better than the higher "identical" 
>antenna. This is especially true when running the EU guys on 15 in the 
>afternoon. I have a c31xr that worked fine right out of the box. Did I have 
>some problems with  "tuning" but they all turned out to be from interference 
>from BC stations affecting  my MFJ analyzer.  Not the antenna.   On the other 
>hand, the "MANUAL" for this antenna could use a little beefing up.
>
>The answer here may simply be to get a hazer or a crank up tower and lower 
>the antenna as conditions dictate
>
>I shared my views with the owner privately.  In one sense I hope you don't buy
>one,  I don't need the competition.
>
>I have had a TH6, a TH7 and a 4 el 20 hygain at this QTH.  My c3` antenna 
>went up after a contractor working in my back yard knocked the tower over.  
>If that were to happen again I'd have another order off to Force 12 for 
>another one tomorrow.
>
>
>
>73
>
>chet  N6ZO, ZD8W, KP4EAJ, VQ9XX, KG4ZO
>