Neal, Junking the thing isn't a bad idea, particularly if you spy any physical damage. If the rust is purely superficial, and cosmetic, rather than structural, then I'd give it a coat of rustoleum ru
Actually, I'm just checking posting ability from the new address. But gee, after seeing all the posts about center fed zepp's, I'm thinking I'll need to scrap my OCF dipole and go with something with
Cute link to e-bay. A mere 365k for a motorized, tuneable dipole! The boys at SteppIR will want to increase their pricing when they see this! n2ea jimjarvis@ieee.org _________________________________
Couple of things could be said for this chap's efforts. First, it's a novel way to look for investment funds or purchase, ignoring the substance of his offering. Second, he looks like a lot of my con
This is a bit off topic but I have a conundrum for which I need assistance solving. While perusing the monthly offerings of QST, CQ, and CQ VHF, I noticed various issues, anthologies, and other mater
Keith wrote the following: All SteppIR owners love their antennas. May have something to do with justification of price paid. Comparing the 3-el to the T6 is not realistic. 73 Keith NM5G -0- First, K
Various comments, with respons below: Sorry but SteppIR is also a compromise antenna!!! I know that! However by reading what many people writes about the SteppIR it?s easy to get the impression that
It is true that the tuneable steppIR requires time for band change. And that has value in a competitive contest situation. As a sole antenna, that will requires a tactical change. It is true that fai
VK2SN, Sean, raised the question of how to properly orient his tower. Since he's using NOVA.. which is a satellite tracking program, and an el/az rotor, he really DOES need to get it fairly close. As
I've used a 35lb fiberglass recurve bow with a gametracker attachment for several years now. It's easy to place line over 140' high pines, with some precision. Pulling 1/8" dacron or dacron jacketed
Forgive me if this has been posted before, but I thought it might be interesting. This .jpg reportedly documents installation of a 6 bay array of 4-el steppIR's at K9LTN's. That's a horizontally phas
www.k9ltn.com has the pics. It's a monster. n23a _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stations", and lot's mo
Jim, W6RMK, raised the question of the k9ltc array being fully programmable. In turn, this raises the broader question of stacking smaller arrays, and tuning the individual elements, rather than phas
As K8RI pointed out, it's a 'use it or lose it' proposition with moving equipment. Letting it sit in one place isn't a good idea. However, I am surprised that nobody renewed the discussion about trea
That's because of the pop rivets. They're holding the CR's in place on the F12. Actually, TT looks just fine in Outlook, as well as in my webmail in both IE and Netscape. Has looked fine for years. A
"I have a Hills two-section roughly 50-footer. Once extended, one climbs to top of bottom section to pin the two together with one bolt on each of the three faces. It is guyed & yes, it is meant to b
OK, my still-toed brother...ya got me. Together, we've delivered a very important message to the unaware. Perhaps someone will save themselves pain and suffering as a result. And I, once again, have
Ken, Bucket truck, or even a bucket 'trailer', which are available from equipment rental companies is a good idea. Unless you can climb the backside of the tower, safely, to remove the steppIR from t
Dear TT: I have to wade in on this one. It is true that hams seem not to appreciate the value of a manufacturer's time and experience. As a group, we're not a particularly robust market, either. i.e.
Dyneema is probably great low-stretch spinnaker sheets or haliards. You can replace them with little effort. Rope is NOT appropriate for guying towers. Changing out guysets is real work. If in doubt