It is also far less "objectionable" for those of us living in densely
populated suburbanneighborhoods with cranky neighbors or "aesthetics
conscious" spouses in comparison to something like a C31XR (or even a
C3). For those of us that are "real estate challenged" and living on
small suburban lots, the SteppIR is a great option IMO. I only wish
my 3L SteppIR had a 40m element (even just a single element) so I
could ditch my inverted vee!!!!
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:04:53 -0500, Jim Jarvis <jimjarvis@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> Steve, N2IC wrote, in comment to Dave, N6LL's comments:
>
> <snip>
> > Once you do the conversions, the claimed
> > gain is as follows:
>
> > Band 4el Steppir C31XR
> > 20 9.5dBi 8.1
> > 17 10.0 -
> > 15 10.2 8.4
> > 12 10.4 -
> > 10 10.6 9.5
>
> Those Steppir gain figures are very questionable. They are significantly
> higher
> than the gain figures for optimized yagi designs in the 20th edition of the
> ARRL
> Antenna Book. While a Steppir may be a fine antenna, it's still just 4
> elements
> on each band, and won't be any better than an optimized 4 element beam on
> the
> same boom length.
> <snip>
>
> Steve is right on point...there is no magic. I can't speak to the 4 el
> steppIR,
> but the Mertel's published measured field data for the 3el. I would expect
> they
> would test the 4 el in the same fashion, but can't attest to that. Simply
> asking
> them might clear things up.
>
> IMHO the steppIR 3 or 4 el is not materially better or worse than a 3 or 4
> el monobander
> on the same boom length. What it IS, is flexible.
>
> n2ea
> jimjarvis@ieee.org
>
> ps: steve...tnx for the geo888 fix!
>
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