[amsat-bb] Re: why not to buy an M2 antenna
Rich/wa4bue
richard.siff at verizon.net
Tue Dec 10 12:21:47 PST 2013
Wish I had known before purchasing new antennas for the K4AMG club. >From what I could see they are of better construction.
----- Original Message -----
From: Clayton Coleman
To: Rich/wa4bue
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Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: why not to buy an M2 antenna
I have a set of Gulf Alphas I bought and never put up for sale. As new.
73
Clayton
W5PFG
On Dec 10, 2013 1:30 PM, "Rich/wa4bue" <richard.siff at verizon.net> wrote:
Can that block be treated with a non corrosive lacquer? Sun and weather does a lot of damage.
Gulf Alpha is no longer producing their OSCAR antennas.
Rich
W4BUE
----- Original Message ----- From: "WA6FWF" <wa6fwf at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 1:01 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: why not to buy an M2 antenna
Might I ask what sort of preventative maintenance did you perform each year?
73 Kevin WA6FWF
On 12/10/2013 8:46 AM, Lizeth Norman wrote:
Purchased a M2 436CP30. Had a failure of the switching block in less than 5
years. White plastic cracked and allowed water to ingress to the switcher.
Customer service?? No return call.
Pics on request.
Norm n3ykf
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