[TowerTalk] N6BT Next Generation Antennas

[Larry]

He was more concerned with getting stuff out the door than documentation 
based on a call I had with him. I had three F12 antennas. Each antenna 
required multiple calls to get the correct dimensions and all needed some 
redrilling.  That was early in the F12 history.

73, Larry  W6NWS

-----Original Message----- 
From: Pete Smith N4ZR
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2015 12:08 PM
To: Elliott Lawrence ; Marshall Stewart
Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] N6BT Next Generation Antennas

My experience with F12 and N6BT goes back 19 years so far.  I have 3 of
his smaller antennas - two C3Es and anEF-240S.  All are working and
holding up well.  My technical experience was mixed - my impression is
that Tom very much wanted to do things right and be fair to his
customers, but that execution got in the way, with missing parts,
misdrilled boom pieces, and the like.  I think he need a good QC guy as
his manufacturing foreman.  However, I have no doubt Tom himself means
well, and maybe he learned something from it.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 1/31/2015 11:28 PM, Elliott Lawrence wrote:
> I don’t have any experience with N6BT in his present endeavor but if it’s 
> anything like when he ran Force 12 I wouldn’t hold my breathe.  Lousy 
> manuals…. no parts list, confusing instructions and measurements for the 
> EF-130..30M dipole in the instruction manuals.  I would at least look at 
> the manual for the antenna that you are interested in before buying.   He 
> sold the business to a K5 that tried to get things organized but after a 
> few years he sold what was left of the business to Innova Antennas.  They 
> have kept some of the popular items but eliminated most!!
>
> GL
> Elliott WA6TLA
>
> On Jan 30, 2015, at 2:08 PM, Marshall Stewart <stewamg308 at bellsouth.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone done business with N6BT Next Generation Antennas that would be
>> willing to share their experience relative to shipping times?
>>
>> If preferred off reflector comments would be welcome.
>>
>> 73,
>> Marsh, KA5M
>>
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