[TowerTalk] Does anybody even make the antennas they advertis e?

[Steve Katz]

AES on line shows they have the TH7DX in stock...if you want one of these,
I'd just buy it from them...

-WB2WIK/6

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger (K8RI) [mailto:K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 3:03 PM
To: R Atkins; towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Does anybody even make the antennas they advertise?




> I've been looking at a C19XR/C31XR, TH7/TH11, or possibly a Steppir. All 
> seem to have waiting times of 1-4 months.
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> Does anybody even manufacture the products they claim to make? I've jumped

> through some seriously hoops these

Sure they do. BUT... Finished antennas take  lot of space, cost money to 
produce, and if they are in stock at inventory time the manufacturer has to 
pay tax on the finished product rather than the stock tubing.

Echonomiclly it doesn't make sense to build many ahead although you do need 
to build enough in the off season to keep any work force employed.

>last few weeks to get a tower in place before the HF World Championships 
>(not to mention the nearly vertical learning >curve for somebody new to all

>of this). Of all the places I thought would NOT be a problem, ordering a 
>company's >product direct from that company tops the list.
>

Typically for low volume, high price, bulky products the manufacturer is 
probably the poorest place to buy in the supply chain, depending on that 
product.

Roger (K8I)

> Frustrated in NC.
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> K0FE
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