[TowerTalk] substandard aluminum?

[David Jordan]

Yes Jim you are correct about Telrex...and the 30yr old TB6EM that I 
have up at 35 meters is still working
and  none of the aluminum has broken off.   That's about 10,950 days for 
those of you that aren't laughing to hard to read the small print!

Telrex built antennas before the days of PCs. They did it the old 
fashioned way. They built them to last! 

When I look at some of the junk that is being sold out there today I 
wonder if some of these antennas will even last through the warrantee 
period, haha.

Also, companies back then were more apt to respond to customer concerns 
if there was a design/engineering problem, etc.

It's a buyer beware world now. Even in the States.  But if I'm going to 
roll the dice I'll roll them with Hy-Gain, Cushcraft, Mosley, etc.

enjoy,
dave
wa3gin

Jim Jarvis wrote:

>Um...and for the record...Telrex has been out of business
>for an awfully long time...and was functionally so for a decade
>or more, before Mike Ercolino's son finally milked it to death.   
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>n2ea
>jimjarvis at ieee.org 
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