[TowerTalk] Lightning Bolt Antennas QRT

[John Tait]

Mike's Quads HAD to be the best value of all time... Even after paying
transport all the way from the US, and paying tax at 21% on the goods PLUS
the carriage, the price was still reasonable.. And those antennas WORK!!! As
the song says.. "You don't know what you've got 'till it's gone.."
    73
      John EI7BA  http://www.iol.ie/~bravo/

> Truly sad.  I use a lot of their parts and spent a lot of time on the
> phone talking quads with Mike.  I think his wire-to-spreader fasteners
> are the best I've used.
>
> 73, Joe
>
> D. Scott MacKenzie wrote:
>
>>In the quest for greater profitability, many companies are dropping
>>smaller
>>customers, as the cost of paperwork, stocking and customer service cost
>>greater than the money they make from the smaller customer.  Many
>>companies
>>either charge additional fees or charge extremely high rates for small
>>quantities....Often the only alternative is to find other suppliers or go
>>out of business....this is true of ham-related equipment, or industrial
>>equipment....
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
>>[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Brad Pioveson
>>Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 4:26 PM
>>To: towertalk at contesting.com
>>Subject: [TowerTalk] Lightning Bolt Antennas QRT
>>
>>
>>I recently recommended Lightning Bolt Quads as being cost effective,
>>moderate sized, HF antennas to a couple of new ham friends.  Seems, tho,
>>that neither they, nor I, once I was alerted to same, could find the
>>'Lightning Bolt Antennas' website...so, I called the number I had for
>>Lightning Bolt Antennas this afternoon and was saddened to be told that
>>they
>>went out of the antenna business effective Dec. 12, 2005.  The lady I
>>spoke
>>with said that they were forced to drop the antenna line as their
>>suppliers
>>had been purchased by larger companies that refused to do business with
>>companies that buy only small quantities.
>>
>>It's always a sad day to see a ham radio manufacturer die.
>>
>>73, Brad, W9FX
>>www.fxrotorworks.com