----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Phipps" <larry@telepostinc.com>
Too slow, and too much wear and tear on the SteppIR I think.
Larry N8LP
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard M. Gillingham
To: Larry Phipps ; Jim Lux ; skip ; towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR Vert
Why open an element.. Just retract it into the housing...
Just a thought
Gil, W1RG
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Don't need to retract it all the way, just make it sufficiently different
(longer or shorter) that it doesn' t interact.
I would think that the SteppIR folks have dealt with the reliability and
life issue. They're pretty confident of their mechanisms.
As far as speed goes, you've got a point. One of the beauties of a phased
array is the ability to rotate almost instantaneously.
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