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1. [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: "Doug Turnbull" <turnbull@net1.ie>; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:47:30 -0800; Gentlemen, I wonder what the attraction of the LP is when one can use a SteppIR. Am I wrong to believe that the Fwd gain and FB are better for a Yagi of the same number of elements tuned to the frequ; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00491.html (8,957 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: "D Calder" <towertalk@n4zkf.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:33:03 -0500; I personally would have a stepper but didn't want to WAIT the time it took for them to get it to me. I live in high lightning area and didn't want anything electrical mechanical in the air. (motors); /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00495.html (10,588 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:46:59 -0800; You've pretty much summarized the differences..It's a systems engineering question and depends on your ultimate desires. The SteppIR is more complex, but has less wind resistance, and potentially bet; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00496.html (9,235 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: "F.R. Ashley" <gdadx2@clearwire.net>; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:42:38 -0500; Doug & others, I am going to put up a new antenna this spring, and my choices came down to either a LP, such as the T-10, or a 3-element SteppIR. I decided on the T-10 for several reasons. The main r; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00497.html (11,842 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: "Doug Turnbull" <turnbull@net1.ie>; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:04:19 -0800; Buddy, Everything you say seems pretty sensible to me. Thunderstorms are not muck of a problem in EI land but I wonder if Florida operators have much trouble with SteppIR. You can always retract all; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00498.html (13,300 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: "Julio Peralta" <jperalta4@verizon.net>; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:21:43 -0500; I live in Florida 10 miles from what is considered the centered of the place in North America where the most lighting occurs. I've had a 4 elem Steppir up for 4 plus years with no problems. I also fo; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00499.html (11,790 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:08:03 -0800; A very valid point about expected lifetime, particularly in the ham world where people are used to using 50 year old radios. 20 years is a long time for an electromechanical system to last without ma; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00500.html (10,580 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: "Gene Fuller" <w2lu@rochester.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:21:02 -0500; It all boils down to the old adage "different stroke for different folks". How many bands, zoning restrictions especially re height, dollars, wind and ice conditions, reliability, avalability of loca; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00501.html (12,035 bytes)
9. [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: rlvz@aol.com; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:23:52 EST; If your a contester and your tower can handle the extra weight and windload... I like Buddy's idea. Having stacked antennas offers tremendous "take off angle" and "dual direction" advantages that far; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00502.html (11,407 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: "Doug Turnbull" <turnbull@net1.ie>; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:08:48 -0800; How does one stack two log periodic antennas which operate over such a wide range of frequencies? I thought the stacking distance was dependent on the frequency. Now if one is using them so that one; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00503.html (14,032 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: "DF3KV" <df3kv@t-online.de>; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:09:46 +0100; I owned my KLM LPA already long before SteppIR joined the market. Advantage is instant band change, no moving parts, no controller, no traps. It might last longer then a SteppIR. Compared to a 3-elem; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00504.html (11,183 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: brahmangou@aol.com; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:15:00 EST; The Log gain is more like a 3 el yagi, I haven't used a Mosley or M2 log periodic, so I'm not familiar with their weights, but the T-8 log was very easy to lift to the top of the tower when compared; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00505.html (7,650 bytes)
13. Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: Bill Ogden <ogden@us.ibm.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:36:24 -0500; One consideration is your tower type. I have a crank-down, fold-over tower with a SteppIR on it. I have had no serious problems with the antenna (after about 3 years), but I have needed to rewrap the; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00506.html (8,380 bytes)
14. Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:41:40 -0500; Stacking them would be fundamentally like stacking triband or 5-band yagis - any stacking distance is a compromise, so you model them at various spacings and go with the one that looks the best, give; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00508.html (16,771 bytes)
15. Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: n8de@thepoint.net; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:46:40 -0500; LPs can be stacked for better gain/FB by tilting them so the front elements are closer and the back elements are farther away. This way, the spacing on higher bands is closer (optimized?) as is the s; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00509.html (18,540 bytes)
16. Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us>; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:49:48 -0600; I recall seeing some TV LPs oriented in that fashion over the years, unless my mind is playing tricks on me. I don't know if such an arrangement is offered by any manufacturer today as most are in a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00526.html (8,861 bytes)
17. Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: Mike <nf4l@nf4l.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:45:33 -0500; I live in Florida and have a 4EL SteppIR at 80 feet, up 5 years. Last August, I took a lightning strike which totally wiped out my station. The antenna itself was not harmed, but the controller was f; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00527.html (15,205 bytes)
18. Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:05:47 -0500; And I live in Michigan where lightning is not normally considered a big problem BUT my tower has been up less than 10 years. Until the last three it was struck 3 times a year that was visually verifi; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00528.html (10,902 bytes)
19. Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: Joe - WDØM <wd0m@wd0m.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:07:33 -0700; As a guy who lives in a high density lightning strike area in southwest Colorado, I've experienced lightning strikes on the tower with the 4L SteppIR 30/40 add-on, at 60 feet. The only thing lost was; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00539.html (14,932 bytes)
20. Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR (score: 1): Author: <john@kk9a.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:30:17 -0500; I have heard of a number of motor failures so I wonder how common this problem is. I suspect only the manufacturer knows this answer. If the antenna is mounted on a crankup tower repairing it may be; /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00541.html (8,973 bytes)

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