[TowerTalk] Chushcraft striks again #$%^@^%^

[Bill MacLane]

After spending most of my career working on commercial antenna products I have yet to find any amateur antenna products worth the cost especially if they are Cushcraft, Hustler, Hygain, MFJ, and several others.  I'm sure somebody out there may makes some good ham antennas.  I just haven't seen any worth what most sell for.   Now I'm off my soap box.  I can understand your frustration.  American quality has been the pits for decades and that says little for .... well you know where most of our things are made.  Quality control has always been make the least acceptable product for the most money one can get for it.

73,
Bill
AI4WM


--- On Mon, 10/13/08, Dino Darling <dino at k6rix.com> wrote:

> From: Dino Darling <dino at k6rix.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Chushcraft striks again #$%^@^%^
> To: "Wayne Kline" <w3ea at hotmail.com>
> Cc: "towertalk at contesting.com" <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 5:08 PM
> Its a Cushcraft...you didn't pay good money.  You got
> what you paid for.
>  You pay good money for a M2 or a Force 12, but not for a
> Cushcraft. 
> Sure it works, everything works, but don't expect a
> silk purse...
> 
> :-)
> 
> Dino - K6RIX
> dino at k6rix.com
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Chushcraft striks again #$%^@^%^
> From: Wayne Kline <w3ea at hotmail.com>
> Date: Mon, October 13, 2008 1:43 pm
> To: "towertalk at contesting.com"
> <towertalk at contesting.com>
> 
>  Trying to take advantage of the gorgeous WX we have here
> in the EPA. I
> opted to replace my aged Hy-gain 40ther Antennas with a New
> Chushcraft
> XM240. It arrived and I dove in the boxesto get it ready to
> install.
> Well the little things that go wrong during manufacturing,
> like..
> Deburring holes and finish drilling out one hole was Not a
> problem. The
> boom is done and elements are assembled ( Used the K7LXC )
> secret dim :)
>  
> Well now we come to a abrupt halt. Seems The Boom to U
> channel element
> mounts (4) are just raw extrusions cut to length.. but NO
> HOLES
> arghhhhhhhhh
>  
>  Yes I can lay them out.. support the boom,, level it with
> a temp mast
> drill the mounting holes and then cross level and drill the
> element to
> boom positioning hole. BUT Dang ya pay good $$$$ and where
> is the QC ?
> What you get is a Voice mail box !! no real people ...
>  
>  
>  Sorry for the Vent.......
>  
>  73's Wayne W3EA 
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