Better order from someone else pretty quick...when Tashjian gets wind of this,
they may raise their prices too!
Chris
KF7P
On Jan 3, 2017, at 10:16 AM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> They don't want any Amateur sales. They do not want last minute orders. They
> must have landed a large gov't or commercial contract and they want to
> concentrate on that.
>
> Circulate a petition? For what? They are a private business making business
> decisions that are best for their business. I don't think UST owes the ham
> radio community anything do they? Did we do something special for them? If
> you don't like their practices use someone else.
>
> This opens the door for another company to come in and fill the gap if it
> makes good business sense.
>
> Welcome to the world of Capitalism.
>
> W0MU
>
>
> On 1/3/2017 10:08 AM, Ed via TowerTalk wrote:
>> If UST was smart, they would give advance warning of a price increase, with
>> an effective date. Imagine the number of last-minute sales that would
>> generate! To raise prices overnight, shocking even HRO employees clearly
>> makes no sense.
>>
>> I'm just glad to have what I already have and am sorry for the hams who do
>> not. Somebody ought to write a letter to UST and, perhaps even circulate a
>> petition if there are enough disenfranchised customers.
>>
>>> On Jan 3, 2017, at 08:43, Grant Saviers <grants2@pacbell.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> I looked at the Luso150US plus 4.5" dia 5 meter mast in some detail, had
>>> them do the calcs for the antennas I wanted. 2x 4L 40, 2 x 5L 20, 3L 80
>>> which is a fairly serious tower loading! It didn't happen for three
>>> reasons, a used R65 tower and 9 yagis became locally available cheap, I
>>> preferred independent rotators (rings or swing arms) and servicing concerns
>>> with the Luso. So, I went with a Phillystran guyed R65 tower with K0XG
>>> rings. For high wind areas the Luso may be a good choice with its 1 minute
>>> up/down cycle, if the regulators allow that mode of compliance.
>>>
>>> In the end the cost difference of Luso vs what I did was small since the
>>> tower was erected professionally (a 20' section with two rings weighed
>>> about 1000#) . The Luso base is a monster, their base plus rebar plus lots
>>> of concrete. As I understand it, Luso ships in a dedicated 2TEU container
>>> and ships everything (except the engineer) in it. Nice slide show of Luso
>>> install: http://www.7163net.com/k8xs/index.html
>>>
>>> Flying an engineer from Japan might be cheaper than commercial tower
>>> riggers here.
>>>
>>> Grant KZ1W
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 1/3/2017 4:01 AM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
>>>> Luso appears to be a very nice tower but I am not sure that it is only a
>>>> few dollars more than the new UST prices. I have read that they require
>>>> you to fly their engineer from Japan to your site when installing it.
>>>>
>>>> John KK9A
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> To: Wayne Kline <w3ea@hotmail.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] US Tower price increase
>>>> From: Ed via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
>>>> Reply-to: Ed <navydude1962@yahoo.com>
>>>> Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 21:12:30 -0800
>>>>
>>>> If you're remotely contemplating a UST, consider a LUSO for just a few
>>>> dollars
>>>> more!
>>>>
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