[TowerTalk] Press release Re: F12 ants !!

[Wes Stewart]

Then at least they ought to call it a "Pro III", "Mark XII" or something like that.

And where do you find this info, Texasantennas.com seems to be an empty website.

Wes  N7WS

On 5/11/2017 1:01 PM, Jim Thomson wrote:
> Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 10:53:47 -0700
> From: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws at triconet.org>
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Press release Re: F12 ants !!
>
> So they take a Force 12 model, change everything about it and still call it a
> Force 12?
>
> Wes  N7WS
>
> ##  Yup.  Then it becomes the new upgraded version.   The new version
> 5BA  has 2 LESS (sic) eles, more gain, better fb + fr, lower swr across the band,
> and pattern holds up much better across the entire bands.   Thats the difference
> between NEC2  and  the pro version of NEC4, with custom front end drivers.
> That and all the less than optimum mechanical aspects  have been eliminated.
> IE, no more riveted eles.  No more riveted  boom splices....ditto with
> riveted ele to boom brackets.
> No more .049 wall tubing, with the usual 12 x swedges per each 20M ele.
>
> ##  Then repeat for  several other F12 legacy ants, like the XR5, C3, C3S,
> etc, etc.
>
> ##   https://jkantennas.com/  Those  .25 inch solid Aluminum coils, welded at the
> ends, are the real deal.   I have run several of the JK designs through the mech
> software, and they are very robust, minimal sag and horizontal deflection. Even the
> full sized 40m eles  dont require trussing.
>
> Jim  VE7RF
>
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