this is exactaley why i would never use a stepir.problems have to crop up.maybe in 6 months or 6 years.i will stay with any yagi and not have to ever worry about failure.that is unless your rich and
Although we all have a right to our opinions, for me I have found that the SteppIR beam (3 element in my case) has far outperformed my previous 2 beams. I like the ability to of the beam to play well
Author: "Richard M. Gillingham" <rmoodyg@bellsouth.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:44:44 -0400
See ya in da pileups.. 73 Gil W1RG (with a 3 el Steppir...) _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting
I agree you you Bruce, Ive had several beams up at 100' and my 3 ele SteppIR has out preformed and lot my fun than the others with out a tunner. My friend says, You can call them or you can work them
They are not the same as any old antenna on the same footprint. But that is really not helpful to the person that is having a problem. See ya in da pileups.. 73 Gil W1RG (with a 3 el Steppir...) ____
Thank goodness! That reduces the back log for other potential SteppIR owners. The features of a SteppIR aren't found in any other yagi. Complex? Yup. But they sure work. I've managed to snag 301 coun
It isn't how an antenna really works that matters. The only thing that really matters is how we feel about it. I've worked VK several times from my mobile on 160, and even Europe on SSB 160. I've wor
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:00:18 -0400, "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com> wrote: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Spot on, as they say. SteppIR is becoming a religion, much like Collins. Bill W6WRT
Doesn't SteppIR have their own reflector? Why can't all this discussion go there? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing lis
I have a 3 element SteppIR. I'm happy with performance, but I don't claim it has performance superior to alternatives. It is a compromise. IMO, it is the best compromise for urban/suburban dwellers w
Or maybe you won't Julio with a 4 elem Steppir --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Richard M. Gillingham Sent: Monday, J
There is a yahoo group SteppIR@yahoogroups.com _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://l
"SteppIR is becoming a religion, much like Collins."....Bill W6WRT AMEN!! 8^) 73, Jerry K3BZ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk
Sorry, Bob...it's the price you TT'ers pay for having the best, most knowledgeable members... for which I (for one) am grateful. 73, Jerry K3BZ -- Original Message -- From: "Bob Maser" <bmaser@tampab
Well, I must say, I have had some questions about the steppIR fluid motion antennas since I came back from Dayton. It seems that one of the overriding draws to the Fluid Motion brand antennas is that
but on 10 or 12 meters, where the feed is likely to be mulitple lambda in length, I wonder if using the antenna as a tuner gets the user into something like the "my feedline tunes my antenna!" type o
It does guarantee it, at least within limits we care about. It is impossible to come up with a 50 j0 impedance at the end of ANY length cable with modest losses unless the load is very near 50 j0. f
...."One thing that bothers me about this is that this doesn't guarantee that the Z at the feedpoint is actually 50 j0."... Who cares? The whole point of doing the adjustment was to get a better matc
"Is the element length for 50 ohm Z always the length for best performance?" Certainly not, but I'm pretty sure that isn't how the SteppIR works anyway. I don't own a SteppIR, but as I understand it
If you read the SteppIR docs you will quickly see that the element drive impedance is not 50 ohms but 22 ohms. There is a transformer/balun to get back to 50 ohm coax. A driven element impedance of 2