[TowerTalk] Gary Re: Force 12 XR-5 has been replaced

[RLVZ--- via TowerTalk]

Hi Gary,
 
Happy Thanksgivng!
 
I'm thankful we still have a few antenna manufacturers to  choose from.  
 
I read the Force website the same as you- that the XR-5  has been replaced 
with the new XR5-T.  What caught my attention the  most was that their 
advertising states that the replacement antenna  has a "shorter boom, and more 
gain".  Seems amazing, I wonder if it's  true as a 10-11' boom on 20-m.  seems 
short.  One thing I really like about the  Force & Skyhawk antennas is that 
the element to boom holes are  pre-drilled as it's a big time saver for me 
not to have to align the elements  manually. 
 
73,
Dick- K9OM
 
  
 
 
In a message dated 11/27/2014 9:23:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
wa0yle12 at gmail.com writes:

I didn't  think that the new Force12 still sold the 'legacy' XR-5. I
thought it had  been discontinued and replaced by the XR5-T. That's
what the web page says  anyway.

Gary - KN0V

On 11/26/14, RLVZ--- via TowerTalk  <towertalk at contesting.com> wrote:
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but  the JK antennas don't  have pre-aligned
> elements like the Force  12 and Skyhawk have.  I for  one hate running 
back
>  and
> forth wasting time trying to align each   element.
>
> 73,
> Dick-  K9OM
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 11/21/2014  11:11:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> towertalk at contesting.com  writes:
>
> The  Forec 12 antenna 5 band is the XR5 sells for  $1,499   XR5-T: Compact
> 9 Element 20m/17m/15m/12m/10m  Multi-Mono Yagi
> The JK Navassa sells for  $1,185.
>  http://www.jkantennas.com/jk-navassa-5.html
> The  excelelnt build  quality and lower price points to the JK.
> DX Engineering  stocks  the JK.
> Matt  w1mbb
>
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