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[TowerTalk] Notice to Bencher SkyHawk owners

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Notice to Bencher SkyHawk owners
From: jfleming@shelbynet.net (John Fleming (WA9ALS))
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 10:32:25 -0500
Anyone know if this antenna/balun combination can take continuous duty RTTY at 
full power?
How about the Force 12 antennas - what kind of matching system do they use?  tnx

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On Monday, April 19, 1999 9:25 AM, Tom Hammond [SMTP:n0ss@socket.net] wrote:
> 
> Greetings:
> 
> Thanks to Jim Miller, K4SQR, I was made aware of the fact that
> Bencher apparently had a problem with the "Black Box" balun
> which they originally supplied with their SkyHawk triband yagi.
> 
> This balun is now being replaced by Bencher.  I note just received
> from Michael at Bencher (bencher@bencher.com, Atten: Michael) asked
> me to notify any SkyHawk owners I knew that they (Bencher) would
> replace the original balun with the new version, I assume, free of
> charge if contacted by the owner of the antenna.
> 
> A direct quote from the e-mail just received from Bencher:
> 
>   The balun currently supplied with the Skyhawk is made from a 
>   length of gray 1/2" PVC pipe with a UHF connector at one end 
>   and two wires at the other.  If you received the black box 
>   please advise and we'll be happy to send you the new version.
> 
>   If those whom you received e-mails from missed the posting 
>   regarding the black box balun, we'll be happy to exchange it 
>   for the current design.
> 
> Sounds like good PR to me.
> 
> 73 to all,
> 
> Tom Hammond   N0SS
> 
> 
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