Hi guys, I'm new to the reflector and relatively-new to HF DXing and I'd be very grateful for some assistance in the field of choosing the best components, planning, etc, for later this year. The sho
Pete, It sounds as if you have accomplished alot from your present location. Congratulations! Those hard-earned experiences will be leveraged when you get your new qth, and you'll do even better. I r
It would be interesting to hear why you were told that the 55' tower and Yagi/Vees were NOT recommended. Casual operations over the years with a tribander and two dipoles at 50' or lower have allowed
Oh, the 55' tower, yagi and VEEs were indeed both highly suggested and recommended; it was just the SteppIR that was not. Indeed, looking at the specs, it would seem the SteppIR (even the 4-el versio
Hi Scott, Thanks <g>. It's been "fun" to say the least. I will indeed take a look into this, but from what I've heard, our planned neighbourhood is free of CC&Rs, HOAs and even municipal regulations
Gee, Peter, this all sounds familiar. Ten years ago I asked essentially the same question on Towertalk and got a lot of useful answers. From time to time others have asked similar questions, all acce
Hi Peter. something that will hopefully vault me onto the Honor roll in reasonable time and boost my country count on 80 considerably. When it comes to either, what you need most is time. Big antenna
Peter and all I have a SteppIR 4el on a 75ft crank-up where there was previously a C31XR and I can tell you I have not lost anything. The C31XR played well except on 15 where the bandwidth was very n
You have to be careful when you read those Force 12 gain figures. Take Force 12's "Net Gain," in dBd, and add 2.1 dB to calculate net gain over isotropic. Then, you can compare the gain directly with
clinch the deal. Indeed. It seems all of the big signals you hear on 17m these days are SteppIRs. Many people try to load up their tribanders on 17 but it just won't give the gain the SteppIR will.
One time I called CQ on 17 with my 4 element SteppIR (at 50 ft) and several callers came back. After I signed with the first one, a bunch of stations were calling me. Next thing you know, I had a pi
I have exactly what you first described. A 55-foot crankup, a 3-el SteppIR, and a half sloper for the low bands (on a 1acre lot near Poughkeepsie). I also have a terminated dipole (100' legs) at righ
In a message dated 3/15/05 4:45:31 PM Greenwich Standard Time, ogden@us.ibm.com writes: DO NOT ACCEPT STATEMENTS FROM THE REAL ESTATE AGENTS -- THEY ARE CLOSELY RELATED TO USED CAR SALESMEN. Pretty u
I agree - its a very unfair statement. Want to buy property in Washington? My brother is a realtor there AND a ham. It certainly is incumbent upon the BUYER to check things out - relying totally on a
At W2ZQ, I was very impressed with the Steppir's 3 element beam during the ARRL CWcontest. I didn't have another tribander for comparison, but it seemed loud. The F/B was consistently high across eac
Even a small tribander at 50 feet will give pretty reasonable performance. A tribander will cover 20-10m. Some units also have 40m capability, or you can look to stack the tribander with a 40m rotata
Larry, I have a 75 foot tower with a C31XR and a 402CD 8 feet above that. In an 80 foot tree I have a 3 element SteppIR. In numerous A-B antenna tests with various stations 90% of the time they say t
It also doesn't hurt (is essential!) to insist on a contingency in the contract so that you can be released from it if you make a negative discovery late in the process. 73, Pete N4ZR _______________
Unless you are in the middle of the Pacific Ocean how can it be 180 degrees from South America to JA land? Looks more like 90 degrees to me. 73 Jim _______________________________________________ See
it be 180 degrees to me. Depends on where you are at. It's about 180 degrees here in Ga between JA and northeast part of SA. _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscompute