[Towertalk] Re: SteppIR Element Placement

[ve2dc@rac.ca (Mel Martin)]

>Some designers optimize gain, some optimize pattern, some optimize
simplicity of matching.

They also optimize balance and torque... and, of course, there is cost, and
deed restrictions!  We'd all be running large stacks otherwise. There is no
"ultimate" antenna... just the optimum if all above factors are weighed
in... for most it seems to work out to a modest tribander...