[TowerTalk] Force 12

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

I have a couple of C3's and they flat work.  They blew away a TH7 much 
smaller, lighter etc.  I bought them when Tom still had F12. I heard Tom 
is building antennas again.

W0MU


On 1/19/2017 3:09 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Thu,1/19/2017 7:37 AM, william radice wrote:
>> :::: people finally realized that Force 12 antennas, while nicely 
>> built, simply don't outperform other antennas costing half the price. 
>> I've had a lot of them and they all performed poorly.
>
> This observation flies in the face of measurements performed by K7LXC 
> and N0AX c.a. 2000, and well documented in the report linked below. 
> Their test methods are first rate, and so are their credentials. Since 
> N6BV retired about five years ago, N0AX has been editor of the ARRL 
> Handbook and the ARRL Antenna Book. I've contributed  to both, and 
> have had considerable technical interchange with him.
>
> http://www.championradio.com/HF-TRIBANDER-PERFORMANCE-TEST-METHODS-RESULTS.2 
>
>
> Between us, NI6T, W6GJB and I own three C3SS antennas, all bought used 
> for our contesting group. We use them on FD and on county expeditions 
> for CQP and 7QP.  We love this antenna, which offers very good 
> performance in a lightweight, compact package.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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