[TowerTalk] Optibeam or Force12

[john at kk9a.com]

I have purchased two 40m beams from OptiBeam. DF2BO is extremely
responsive and helpful. Tom is a very knowledgeable designer and if you
follow his installation recommendations you will have little interaction
issues and the antennas will perform very well.  There are many models to
pick from including single beams that cover 10m-40m. The elements are
predrilled and assembly is pretty easy with no measuring needed. Optibeam
uses a check sheet to ensure that all of the parts are included.  I did
not experience any missing parts for assembly problems and I found DF2BO
to be most helpful.

John KK9A



To:	towertalk at contesting.com
Subject:	[TowerTalk] Optibeam or Force12
From:	Matt Lovewell <lovewell at gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 7 Jul 2016 11:45:43 -0500


Simple question I think.

I'll be going large from 10-40 across two beams and actually prefer some of
Opti-beam's larger offerings to the force 12 offerings on the higher bands
(more elements).  I have had nice discussions so far with the staff at
force 12 but I've heard of tale of lead times being very long and
incomplete order fulfillment - and with the Euro down in the dumps the
Opti-beam is less expensive, even freighted from Germany.

I'd like to know your take on their overall product quality/service.

I know in this tight knit community that people may be afraid to speak out
if they had a problem with a company so feel free to respond off list in
absolute confidence that I would never breathe a word of your e-mail to
anyone.

Thank you,

Matt Lovewell
W0MLD