[TowerTalk] Force 12

[Pete Smith]

Force12talk at qth.com.

I administer the mailing list, and I can tell you, fairly categorically, 
that I have not seen such a report on that list.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 03:06 PM 11/10/2004, Jerry Keller wrote:

>Is there a reflector dedicated to Force 12 antennas, where users can get 
>information like that?
>73, Jerry K3BZ
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Playford" <w8aef at worldnet.att.net>
>To: <jimjarvis at comcast.net>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 2:54 PM
>Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Force 12
>
>
>>As I recall Force 12 shipped a bunch of C4XL's with wrong 15m driven
>>elements due to a laser printer mis-printing a dimension on the drawing.
>>
>>Of course to get this information you have to call and if they won't answer
>>the phone or return your call.....
>>
>>I obtained a WARC-7 antenna from a friend that could not get it to show any
>>front to back on 30m.  Another friend suggested I find the frequency that it
>>did have f/b and go from there.  I found 12 dB f/b at 9.5 MHz, moved the
>>shorting bars on the reflector 8" toward the boom and now it has 12 dB f/b
>>at 10.1 MHz.
>>
>>I think what I am trying to say is, all antennas work - you just gotta find
>>out where they work best for you and go from there.
>>
>>de Paul, W8AEF
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Seriously,  has anyone had difficulty with their 3 band matching system,
>>operating on 15m?   There is a C4XL which we finally gave up on after two
>>years and put in three separate feedlines.   Then, we gave up on that and
>>replaced it with an optibeam.   Works great.
>>
>>At V26DX, there's a C3 with a 40m kit on it....well, it HAD one.  It never
>>tuned, either, and we finally gave up on it.   Seemed to tune ok on 20-10,
>>and had
>>reasonable f/b.
>>
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>See: http://www.mscomputer.com  for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless 
>Weather Stations", and lot's more.  Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with 
>any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
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