[TowerTalk] Force 12 Production

[Rex Turvin via TowerTalk]

I have sent them multiple emails over the last few months and they will not answer me. I even spoke with Chip at the Visalia convention who promised to get back with me. Still nothing from them.
Very disappointed.
73 NR6M
Rex

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> On Jun 10, 2014, at 2:12 PM, William Hein <bill.aa7xt at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Many of you will know InnovAntennas purchased Force 12 last November and
> moved the factory from Texas to Colorado.  Production was essentially shut
> down for two months during the transition.
> 
> We are shipping antennas every day and are shipping LPT Towers as well. An
> LPT-620 went to Montana today in fact.  We manufacture VHF and UHF (6m and
> up) antennas at the InnovAntennas Canvey UK factory and these deliveries
> are being dispatched typically between 1 to 3 weeks from date of order and
> delivered via Fedex Priority International which is awesomely fast (1 day
> delivery to the US not unusual).
> 
> We introduced a new line of Justin G0KSC designed multi-monobanders in the
> XR Series - XR3, XR4, XR5-S, XR5-T and XR6 - that use a new bracket system
> designed by Kurt K7NV who also did the overall mechanical design in
> collaboration with Justin. These have been very popular and orders are
> running double our original expectations.
> 
> We are also continuing to produce most of the existing Force 12 models due
> to their solid performance and ongoing popularity (notable exception are
> the linear loaded models which we have discontinued).  We are calling these
> the "Legacy" models and we intend to support them indefinitely.
> 
> A free shipping promotion we have been running, which ends in a few days,
> also drove some new business.
> 
> Speaking frankly, production of the Legacy models has taken longer than
> anticipated.  There is large number of designs we are supporting and we
> have to be careful we are making the most recent version of each Legacy
> model - but this research only needs to be done once per model.  The second
> time we make a model it goes much quicker.
> 
> We decided to redesign the Delta Coils that are used for 40m inductive
> element loading on a number of models for higher Q and improved
> performance.  The new ones are made by Mike Kelly / Seco-Systems, the
> Tornado Tuner guy, and are excellent.  We got a delivery of coils from Mike
> last week and are cranking on a backlog of Delta antennas now.
> 
> When we purchased Force 12 we intended to bring down the historic delivery
> lead times but have not yet done so.  None of us are happy with this.  We
> imported one of our UK factory team, Jamie Dean, to work here in Colorado
> for a month to get the backlog down. he arrived last week and has help
> increase our workflow considerably.  We also hired another full-time
> factory person who starts next Monday.
> 
> Mea culpa - we should have expected the heavy order volume and geared
> production to suit earlier.  We also should have anticipated the ramp up to
> produce the Legacy models.  Customer feedback - pro and con - on all topics
> is helpful and I accept the criticisms.  We intend to build the world's
> highest performance antennas and want our customers to expect nothing less
> than the best in performance and also service.
> 
> I'm headed back downstairs to finish work on Delta-240.  A large batch of
> XR series antennas is under way and a pair of LPT-834s is off for powder
> coating.
> 
> Bill
> 
> William Hein
> Force 12 / InnovAntennas America
> RF Acquisitions International Inc.
> 566 West Crete Circle, Unit 1
> Grand Junction, Colorado 81505 USA
> 
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