[Elecraft] [OT] IDXC Visalia - N6BT Antennas

[Tom H Childers]

Come on, this thread was closed last week by the moderator.  Please
take it some where else.

Maybe here? http://www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php?topic=79725.0

73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
ARRL Lifetime Member
QCWA Lifetime Member

On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:25:17 +1000, Gary Gregory
<vk1zzgary at gmail.com> wrote:

>Scott,
>
>Over the past 12 months I sent numerous emails trying to order one of his
>antennas. Gave up in the end as I never did get a reply.
>
>In a word?....hopeless and  I just figured he didn't like Aussie's...:-)
>
>I think you nailed it buddy, "Recipe for disaster" sounds about right to me.
>
>Oh, and I rolled my own verticals, added a heap of radials and I am
>satisfied with true vertical quarter wave monobanders now.
>
>Good luck and well wishef for those who try again again to get any service
>from Tom. Elecraft sure do spoil us eh?
>
>73
>
>On 21 April 2013 03:14, Scott Manthe <scott.manthe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Don,
>> Given the myriad of stories about Tom not answering email, why in the
>> world wouldn't you ask for his phone number? This seems a recipe for
>> frustration to me.
>>
>> And honestly, Tom's explanation sounds like more excuse making to me. It
>> isn't really hard to answer emails, and I'm pretty sure if someone is smart
>> enough to design and antenna, he or she is certainly smart enough to answer
>> emails. My feeling is that Tom feels like he has enough customers and
>> probably only responds to emails from guys he's heard of or his buddies.
>>
>> 73 and good luck, you'll probably need it.
>>
>> Scott, N9AA
>>
>>
>> On 4/20/13 12:42 PM, Don Putnick wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I know the N6BT Antenna thread was closed earlier this month, but I have
>>> some direct information.
>>>
>>> Tom is one of the exhibitors at IDXC. I stopped by his booth to ask him
>>> to do some custom work for the 40M coils on my Bravo 7K. He took my request
>>> and my phone number, so we'll see what happens. I didn't ask for his phone
>>> number.
>>>
>>> He said he shut down the Angels Camp operation and moved it back home. He
>>> said his email has been back up for about a week. For personal reasons
>>> (totally unrelated to Tom or the business) Natan moved back East and is no
>>> longer working Tom's email.
>>>
>>> Try sending him another email. Of course, YMMV.
>>>
>>> And to make this less OT, my K3/KPA500/KAT500 and my Bravo 7K have really
>>> improved my DXing.
>>>
>>> 73 Don NA6Z
>>>
>>>
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