[OKDXA] C-3SS

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 07:12:12 -0600

Jerry,

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Bob k5sit 73 es gud dx

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Kincade" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 06:36 AM
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] C-3SS

> Dave, I have no direct experience with the C-3SS, but I can certainly
> endorse Force 12 in general. I have had one of their larger models, a
C3XLD
> (33' boom, 10 elements, 3 feed lines, with optional heavy duty
construction)
> up at 82' for about 18 months now, and don't think I'd trade it for
anything
> else I've seen, except maybe a newer, bigger F12. :-)  It has been a "call
> 'em once, log 'em in" type antenna since day one. It also sprung back
> perfectly straight (after the elements were bent nearly double) during
last
> spring's ice storm (see attached photo), which is more than I can say for
> many antennas in the OKC area. Force 12 employs an "extreme taper
schedule"
> in their yagi elements, sort of like a "fast taper" bass fishing rod. This
> makes the element tips a bit whippy in the wind, but also helps keeps them
> from folding up under ice and wind. Once you get over the initial alarm of
> seeing the element tips waving around up there in a breeze, it's no big
> deal. I've never heard anything but praise for the C3SS, but then I've
never
> heard anything but praise for F12's antennas, period.
> 73, Jerry W5KP    Mustang
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave" <[email protected]>
> To: "okdxa ref" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 6:43 PM
> Subject: [OKDXA] C-3SS
>
>
> > Anyone out there using a Force 12 C-3SS beam?---Like it?---Would you buy
> > another?
> >
> > Tnx-W5ATV
> >
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