Re: [TowerTalk] Force 12

[Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>]

Force12talk@qth.com.

I administer the mailing list, and I can tell you, fairly categorically, 
that I have not seen such a report on that list.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 03:06 PM 11/10/2004, Jerry Keller wrote:

> Is there a reflector dedicated to Force 12 antennas, where users can get 
> information like that?
> 73, Jerry K3BZ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Playford" <w8aef@worldnet.att.net>
> To: <jimjarvis@comcast.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 2:54 PM
> Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Force 12
>
>
> > As I recall Force 12 shipped a bunch of C4XL's with wrong 15m driven
> > elements due to a laser printer mis-printing a dimension on the drawing.
> >
> > Of course to get this information you have to call and if they won't answer
> > the phone or return your call.....
> >
> > I obtained a WARC-7 antenna from a friend that could not get it to show any
> > front to back on 30m.  Another friend suggested I find the frequency that it
> > did have f/b and go from there.  I found 12 dB f/b at 9.5 MHz, moved the
> > shorting bars on the reflector 8" toward the boom and now it has 12 dB f/b
> > at 10.1 MHz.
> >
> > I think what I am trying to say is, all antennas work - you just gotta find
> > out where they work best for you and go from there.
> >
> > de Paul, W8AEF
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Seriously,  has anyone had difficulty with their 3 band matching system,
> > operating on 15m?   There is a C4XL which we finally gave up on after two
> > years and put in three separate feedlines.   Then, we gave up on that and
> > replaced it with an optibeam.   Works great.
> >
> > At V26DX, there's a C3 with a 40m kit on it....well, it HAD one.  It never
> > tuned, either, and we finally gave up on it.   Seemed to tune ok on 20-10,
> > and had
> > reasonable f/b.
> >
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