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To: "William H. Hein" <Bill@AA6TT.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: [CQ-Contest] SteppIR 4 Element Yagi - Analysis and Thoughts
From: "Grillo's" <ah3c@frii.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 05:14:40 -0600
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
Got my QST yesterday.  Full page ad on the 7-30.....wow, I'm drooling!  The 
120' tower is Rohn 55.  I wonder if it could handle the 7-30 on top.  I'm 
planning to double guy with star mount on top.  We get some serious winds up 
here.

I like the Delta loop idea for 160!  To polarize vertically, where would I feed 
and what is the impedance?  Beverages are in the works.  Chuck and George (K0RF 
and W0UA) were successful in 2002 CQWW working northern UA and other prefixes 
long path on 160 during a 30 minute stretch in the early morning hours.  I was 
most impressed!

BTW - my first antenna party is this weekend.  Putting up 15/20/40 setup on a 
30' pushup fixed to 4-land.  Goal is to do FQP.  Make sure you can find some 
time to participate 4/24-25.  LN has the countdown clock running....

OJ
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: William H. Hein 
  To: 'Grillo's' 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 4:10 AM
  Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] SteppIR 4 Element Yagi - Analysis and Thoughts


  Hello Pete.  Great to hear from you.



  My 4L SteppIRs are separated by about 30-ft, the bottom two are fixed on EU.  
I would like to have moved them a little further apart, but the tower I had in 
place was only 90-ft.



  I haven't seen the 7-30 model.  It doesn't seem to be on the SteppIR Webpage?



  Delta loops hung off towers work fantastic on 160m (fed so that they are 
vertically polarized).  You'll need a few Beverages or other RX antennas as 
well.



  Good luck with the new station!



  6m Es is great fun from May thru early Aug every year.  You can work JA and 
EU on Es from Colorado.



  Stay in touch!



  73,

  Bill NT1Y



  -----Original Message-----
  From: Grillo's [mailto:ah3c@frii.com] 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 9:44 PM
  To: William H. Hein
  Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SteppIR 4 Element Yagi - Analysis and Thoughts



  Hi Bill -



  Great to find someone who has them in service.  I just bought 2 of the 4-els. 
 Am thinking about getting the 7-30 model.  Am thinking of stacking them.  Have 
you optimized stack separation for 20-10?  If so, what was it?



  I'm returning to the air waves this summer after a 14 year lapse.  Planning 
to retire soon.  Lots of things have changed since I was so active on KH3.  I 
hate to think that I will be bored with bands other than 6 & 160 as you are 
saying on your home page.  However, my new QTH is on top of Buckhorn Mountain 
(see details from QRZ.COM for long/lat location....it might be a new grid 
square for you, hi!).



  Can you give me some pointers on good 160M antennas.  I have lots of trees 
and every direction falls off the top of the hill, with just 30' or so of 
reasonably flat surface at the top for about 1/4 mile.   I have a 120' tower 
installation planned and some smaller towers (40-60 feet).



  Will the magic band (6 M) be worth the effort with declining sunspot activity?



  Of course my first goal is to make noise in SS and CQWW tests!



  73,

  Pete

  W0RTT





  ----- Original Message ----- 

  From: "William H. Hein" <Bill@AA6TT.com>

  To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>

  Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 5:14 PM

  Subject: [CQ-Contest] SteppIR 4 Element Yagi - Analysis and Thoughts



  > My 3 4L SteppIRs made it through this past northern New England winter
  > without any problem.  Had a Force 12 Yagi fail, but the SteppIRs proved
  > durable.
  > 
  > 73,
  > Bill NT1Y
  > Topsham VT
  > 
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