[TowerTalk] Force 12 going away

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Glad you like your Mosley Antenna.  Sadly they performed very poorly in 
real tests compared to other antennas.  Maybe that is fine for folks on 
the East Coast where EU piles in all the time but not other places.   
 From Colorado we need every stinking watt headed the right direction if 
possible.

How long it lasted is irrelevant to me.  How well does it work mean much 
more and F12 antennas are build very well.

I wish more people would buy Mosley, I would work DX faster.

W0MU



On 1/28/2017 7:25 PM, Mike via TowerTalk wrote:
>   
> All well and good Roger....
>   
> But... a well built and sturdy bullet proof antenna shouldn't need to be
> repaired?...40 plus years on the TA-36 and no repairs...I bought it 2nd hand
> and  now it has a new owner going into its 5th decade....with nothing
> needing  repair other that 2 new insulating blocks..that I made myself.
>   
> How many Force 12's or any other "new and improved" have been here 50
> years or will be around in 2067?
>   
> I didn't need to search out data on which antenna does what and how
> where...I got what I knew would be the best bang for MY money...alleged
> performance issues aside...I got what I wanted...8 bands on 1 antenna for  1 tower
> that will take what Ma Nature and Father time could throw at it for  decades
> and still just keep on working.
>   
> If I had a super contest station sure...other stacks of antennas of
> different designs would be ideal...I'm sure...but I do not...I work what ever I
> hear and do OK in the contests.
>   
> All the bashing I have heard in the past sounds a lot like the crap you see
>   from MSNBC and CNN lately.
>   
> 73
>   
> Mike W2GR
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> In a message dated 1/28/2017 7:53:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net writes:
>
> The  design is simple and easy to repair  Dimensions are critical. Make
> Tubing replacements the same as those being replaced.  DX Engineering
> has the correct size tubing in stock.  NOTE: The tips of the 20 meter
> reflector on the C19XR are longer than three feet.  Overlap on joints  is 3"
>
> 73,  Roger (K8RI)
>
> On 1/28/2017 5:26 PM, Mike via  TowerTalk wrote:
>>       
>> And all this also makes  me glad I have a non-performing Mosley
> antenna...Pro 67-C3...5 el 6m beam and  430 beam...classic 33 antenna in my shop
> being cleaned and ready for  summer...it's 40 years old...and my old TA-36 was
> new in 74...had 40m on it  too and sold it 5 years ago and its still going
> strong.
>> What other  antenna maker has been around for nearly 70 years? With all
> parts still  available?
>> It takes wind,snow,ice loading....and all abuse WNY can  throw at
> it...and still keeps working...for decades.
>> Flame suit on and  ready for a other round of  useless Mosley bashing..I
> find it amazing  people slam something and praise something they have never
> owned...
>>   Small lot and 1 tower and beam for 10-40m...(works on 6 too).
>> Mike  W2GR Niagara Falls NY
>>
>>
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> 73
>
> Roger  (K8RI)
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