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 Cc: [email protected] 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" <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> 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 _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
