[TowerTalk] AN Wireless "cease and desist" letter

[Kevin Stover]

Dan did buy the company back in November of last year.
There was a post by him on QRZ.com announcing the change.

On 5/4/2016 11:32 PM, W7ZZ wrote:
> I have no dog in this hunt, and I have not read the comments that K7LXC
> apparently posted regarding AN Wireless towers.  However, I have been an
> attorney for 44 years and I happen to own two AN Wireless towers, a 70 foot
> heavy duty and a 60 foot light duty.
>
>   
>
> I will say this:
>
>   
>
> First, the AN towers are an extraordinarily good product.  Armageddon can
> come and go, but these towers will still be in the air.  I chose the AN
> Wireless towers over competing products for a number of reasons and I do not
> regret that decision one whit.  Now, having said that, are there issues with
> the towers?  Yes, but they are the same issues that any freestanding tower
> presents:  the need for a crane to put them up in the air, the need for a
> crane to take them down, difficulty and complexity of assembly, the
> inability to raise/lower them vertically or horizontally (as in crank up or
> tilt over towers) for antenna maintenance, etc.
>
>   
>
> Second, AN Wireless has every right to protest any comments that it thinks
> are defamatory, to include the right to sue.  You have that right. I have
> that right. They have that right.  Once again, I have not read what K7LXC
> posted and I make no comment on whether it was defamatory or true or fair
> comment or whatever . . .  But I will vigorously defend the right of
> anyone/any company to protest/sue to protect its rights.
>
>   
>
> Thirdly, it was my understanding that Dan Simmonds had sold the company and
> that it is owned now by someone else currently.  I may be in error in that
> regard.  However, when I bought the towers about 8 years ago, I dealt with
> Dan, who is a very personable and responsive person.  When I finally got
> around to putting up the towers in 2015, I had some questions, and I dealt
> with what I believed to be the new owners of the company, who did not have a
> lot of information about the products sold in years past.  They were very
> responsive and helpful, but it was apparent that they did not have old
> drawings/plans, etc, which were needed to answer my particular questions,
> that related to the fall arrest system (which actually is from another
> company but sold under the AN name, as is common practice).
>
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> Finally, I happen to know, and I bet AN Wireless knows, that K7LXC's company
> has in the past sold (and may well still sell, I don't know) a competing
> similar freestanding tower product, so they might view his comments as a
> competitor a bit differently than comments from Joe Ham who just put up a
> tower and is "reviewing" it.  Since I have not seen K7LXC's original
> posting, I don't know whether this was disclosed.
>
>   
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> As I said at the outset, I have no dog in this hunt and have not seen
> K7LXC's comments.  However, the numerous posts lambasting attorneys and
> companies who protect their rights prompted me to take the considerable time
> to draft and post this response.  Some day you might want to protect what
> you believe to be your rights.  I suspect you would not want to be attacked
> on the Internet for doing so.  Leave it to another, much more appropriate,
> forum to determine who is right in this instance.
>
>   
>
> 73, Doug W7ZZ
>
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R. Kevin Stover
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