[Antennas] An oldie, but a goodie...

Tue, 18 Mar 2003 20:13:18 -0600

100 antennas 16 years ago. I don't think
mine is included.

W0TLO
John

On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 20:27:16 -0500 "W1GOR" <[email protected]> writes:
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> NEWS from CPSC
> U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
>       Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 
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>       FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   
>       March 12, 1987   
>       Release # 87-017 
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> Antron Antenna Research & Electronics Recalls Omnidirectional CB 
> Base Station Antenna
> WASHINGTON, DC -- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product 
> Safety Commission, Antron Antenna Research t Electronics, Holland, 
> Ohio is voluntarily recalling its Antron Model,"99" omnidirectional 
> CB base station antennas. If contact is made by the antennas with an 
> electrical power line while being installed or taken down, the 
> antennas have the potential for severe or fatal shock.
> 
> The CPSC stated that in tests conducted on the Model "99", it failed 
> to comply with the agency's mandatory safety standard. The standard 
> is intended to reduce the electrocution hazard if the antenna should 
> accidentally contact a power line while being removed or installed.
> 
> The CPSC is not aware of any injuries or deaths involving the Antron 
> "99" omnidirectional CB base station antennas. However, during the 5 
> year period prior to the CPSC's safety standard, and estimated 450 
> CB antenna related electrocutions occurred as a result of the 
> antennas being put up or taken down. Electrocution deaths continue 
> to occur each year from CB antennas which fail to comply with the 
> standard. 
> 
> Antron Antenna Research f Electronics distributed approximately 100 
> of the affected antennas nationwide. The Model, and Company name 
> appear on the shipping carton, instruction sheet and antenna. 
> Retailers who still have these antennas in stock should return them 
> to Antron Antenna Research & Electronics immediately for refund. 
> Consumers owning any of these antennas which have not been installed 
> should return them to the dealer for a full refund. Consumers who 
> have already installed antennas should leave them alone. These 
> persons can obtain a warning sticker label/hang tag to be placed in 
> a conspicuous location on the product to warn future users about the 
> potential hazard. The sticker label/hang tag can be obtained by 
> calling Antron Antenna Research & Electronics at 419-865-5877 or 
> writing the firm at 7134 Railroad St., Holland, Ohio 43528. As a 
> normal practice, individuals planning to install or take down a CB 
> antenna should first contact their local power company for advice if 
> overhead-wires pass through the neighborhood.
> 
> Additional information concerning this recall is also available to 
> consumers by calling the CPSC toll-free hotline number at 
> 800-638-CPSC. A teletypewriter number for the hearing impaired is 
> 800-638-8270. 
> 
> Send the link for this page to a friend! The U.S. Consumer Product 
> Safety Commission protects the public from unreasonable risks of 
> injury or death from 15,000 types of consumer products under the 
> agency's jurisdiction. To report a dangerous product or a 
> product-related injury, call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or 
> CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270, or visit CPSC's web site at 
> www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. Consumers can obtain this release and recall 
> information at CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov. 
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