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Well, mine plays GREAT at 150 feet.
The problems have been mechanical, not electrical. But, since I added a =
Phillistran truss, it's been up in the air solid for 3 years.
Bill, N3RR
www.erols.com/n3rr
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Eugene Jensen=20
To: towertalk@contesting.com=20
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 8:58 PM
Subject: [Towertalk] Force 12 EF-180C
Anyone using this Antenna, Force 12 EF-180C 75/80 meter rotatable =
dipole and at what height are you running it at. Local F12 Dealer put =
one up a couple of years ago and had a real unpleasant experience with =
it. Could not get the operating bandwidth of more than 25khz before VSWR =
went out of Spec. Since he lost so much time tuning it, he wants no part =
in selling me one. He has done a lot of work for me and what he has sold =
me worked real well. Gene K2QWD =20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Well, mine plays GREAT at 150 =
feet.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The problems have been mechanical, not=20
electrical. But, since I added a Phillistran truss, it's been up =
in the=20
air solid for 3 years.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bill, N3RR</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://www.erols.com/n3rr";>www.erols.com/n3rr</A></FONT></DIV>
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<A title=3Deugenej@optonline.net =
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Jensen</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 02, 2002 =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Towertalk] Force 12=20
EF-180C</DIV>
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Anyone using this =
Antenna, Force=20
12 EF-180C 75/80 meter</SPAN></FONT><SPAN =
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</SPAN></FONT></U></I></SPAN><STRONG><B><FONT face=3D"Times New =
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style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal">rotatable =
dipole</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"> and at=20
what height are you running it at. Local F12 Dealer put one up a =
couple of=20
years ago and had a real unpleasant experience with it. Could not get=20
the</SPAN></FONT> operating bandwidth of more than 25khz<FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> before =
VSWR went out=20
of Spec. Since he lost so much time tuning it, he wants no part in =
selling me=20
one. He has done a lot of work for me and what he has sold me worked =
real=20
well. Gene K2QWD =
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