[TowerTalk] AN Wireless "cease and desist" letter

[Jerry Gardner]

I don't know how big AN Wireless is, but in cases like these it's often a
large company with deep pockets that is able to afford a well-staffed legal
department which they use to intimidate people who don't have similar
resources and frighten them into backing down. This is usually a very
effective practice, since most people don't have the means to defend a suit
against one of these companies even if they're in the right.

In many cases, however, this is just a bluff. It's happened to me--I've
gotten letter similar to the one Steve got--and my reply was "go ahead and
sue me". Never heard from the blowhards again...

73,
Jerry


> ##  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.
>