Amen!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly Johnson" <n6kj.kelly@gmail.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR gain
> It is also far less "objectionable" for those of us living in densely
> populated suburbanneighborhoods with cranky neighbors or "aesthetics
> conscious" spouses in comparison to something like a C31XR (or even a
> C3). For those of us that are "real estate challenged" and living on
> small suburban lots, the SteppIR is a great option IMO. I only wish
> my 3L SteppIR had a 40m element (even just a single element) so I
> could ditch my inverted vee!!!!
>
>
> On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:04:53 -0500, Jim Jarvis <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Steve, N2IC wrote, in comment to Dave, N6LL's comments:
>>
>> <snip>
>> > Once you do the conversions, the claimed
>> > gain is as follows:
>>
>> > Band 4el Steppir C31XR
>> > 20 9.5dBi 8.1
>> > 17 10.0 -
>> > 15 10.2 8.4
>> > 12 10.4 -
>> > 10 10.6 9.5
>>
>> Those Steppir gain figures are very questionable. They are significantly
>> higher
>> than the gain figures for optimized yagi designs in the 20th edition of
>> the
>> ARRL
>> Antenna Book. While a Steppir may be a fine antenna, it's still just 4
>> elements
>> on each band, and won't be any better than an optimized 4 element beam on
>> the
>> same boom length.
>> <snip>
>>
>> Steve is right on point...there is no magic. I can't speak to the 4 el
>> steppIR,
>> but the Mertel's published measured field data for the 3el. I would
>> expect
>> they
>> would test the 4 el in the same fashion, but can't attest to that.
>> Simply
>> asking
>> them might clear things up.
>>
>> IMHO the steppIR 3 or 4 el is not materially better or worse than a 3 or
>> 4
>> el monobander
>> on the same boom length. What it IS, is flexible.
>>
>> n2ea
>> jimjarvis@ieee.org
>>
>> ps: steve...tnx for the geo888 fix!
>>
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