Can stacking improve gain? That's an easy one, but wait .
Last week, I put a new Steppir 3 L together and put it on the roof (couldn't
get it up tower for the contest). It is 46 feet under a Force 20/40 at 67
feet. The Force 40m elements are nicely resonant on 15m and 10m.
While on 10 meters Saturday, I turned the Force and noted signal improvement
and worked 70+ Qsos.
Later, I looked at the coax switch, the whole time, I had been transmitting
on the Steppir set for 10m on the roof.oops, but it made a difference where
the Force was turned.I proved that 70 times.
After the contest Sunday, I turned the Force to EU and was listening to an
M0 on 20m. The Steppir elements were homed. Then I put the Steppir on 20m
and watched the S meter go up 3 s units.change in band conditions I thought,
so I homed the Steppir elements and found the M0 went down 3 s units.
I repeated homing the elements 3 times, and each time, the M0 went down in
signal strength.
What started as an oops, turned out to be an interesting experiment. The
passive elements without a direct connection improved received signal
strength, and transmit.
I have looked stacking since 1970 when I first got literature from Mike
Ercolino at Telrex and yearned for a Big Bertha.
But this.is interesting.thought I would share, my oops, and the interesting
development.
73s,
Grant
W5XB
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