[TowerTalk] AN Wireless "cease and desist" letter

[Dave Hachadorian]

My curiosity got the better of me, so I looked back in the 
Towertalk archives to try to find out what this is all about. 
The only thing I could find was one post where Steve complained 
about the huge size of the concrete base specification for the AN 
towers, compared to the competition.  Is that what this flap is 
really all about?  If so, the letter sounds like a gross 
overreaction to me.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ


-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim Thomson
Sent: Friday, May 6, 2016 7:28 AM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] AN Wireless "cease and desist" letter

Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 21:32:31 -0700
From: "W7ZZ" <w7zz at wavecable.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] AN Wireless "cease and desist" letter


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.


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.




73, Doug W7ZZ

##  so what u are saying is no one has the right to bad mouth a 
product ?   I dont see
Mosely  sending out cease + desist letters, nor MFJ, nor anybody 
else.   This is the 1st time
I have even heard of a ham radio supplier  sending out a notice. 
Heck, its  2016..and nobody
builds a balun correctly, maybe 1-2 at most.   If the folks who 
make  sub standard products
or dont have it...quite right, started actually listening to the 
end users, they could use that feedback
to improve their products.   I dont see  QST /ARRL getting any 
cease + desist letters. The last time
collins radio ever advertised in qst was the same isse that QST 
trashed their  KWM-380  xcvr.

## K7LXC  does not sell a competing product.  LXC sells the 
Trylon titan towers, which in no way
are even comparable to the AN wireless towers.

Jim  VE7RF



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