[Antennas] which beam

[Jim Miller]

Alan;

I replied to the Reflector as it was my right to do so.
John's "criteria" was a five band beam between $500.-$600.
With an intro price of $895., I felt that the XR-5 did not meet his post.

I have nothing against any Force-12 antenna.


73,
Jim, K4SQR

On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 13:01:45 -0700 "Alan C. Zack" <k6acz@earthlink.net>
writes:
> My comments were just a suggestion.  John can take it or leave it.  
> As for
> myself, I would like to know about all options that may be open to 
> me so I
> can make a more informed decision.  In any case, it should have been 
> John
> who would have rejected my suggestion, not you, a third party to 
> the
> discussion, who I believe is not in John's decision making process 
> that I
> know of.  Are you one of the guys who yell "UP! UP!" on a DX 
> station's
> frequency also when someone accidentally calls on his transmit 
> frequency? 
> We have enough DX Cops.  Do we need reflector Cops also?
> 
> Jim Miller wrote:
> > 
> > The new XR-5 LPDA with a Intro Price of $895. exceeds John's 
> stated
> > budget price by $200.
> > 
> > Otherwise, it is the only LPDA Force 12 is making. The popular C3
> > requires a tuner for 12/17.
> > 
> > Jim, K4SQR
> > 
> > On Thu, 25 Apr 2002 01:37:43 -0700 "Alan C. Zack" 
> <k6acz@earthlink.net>
> > writes:
> > > John,
> > > I would definitely recommend a Force 12 antenna.  Take a look 
> at
> > > their web
> > > site at:
> > > http://www.force12inc.com/
> > > and download their catalog.
> > > 73
> > >
> > > n3drk wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I presently have a mosley ta 33sr and want to upgrade. I am
> > > looking for a
> > > > beam for 20,17,15,12,10 meters. I am looking in the price 
> range of
> > > $500-600.
> > > > My tower is a rohn 25 with the ham cde 2 rotor. Any 
> suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > thanks to all in advance
> > > > john
> > > >
> 
> 
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