Sounds like the old "cost per contact" formula. By the way, I talked to
three guys with Icom-7800s when I was in Belize last week. They didn't
sound any better than any other rig.
Tom W8JWN/V31TR
----- Original Message -----
From: <ve4xt@mb.sympatico.ca>
To: "R. Kevin Stover" <rkstover@mchsi.com>
Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How can a SteppIR Perform So Well?
No doubt, but please remember the original question: why would
someone choose a fixed-element design over the SteppIR?
Cost is certainly a factor. If one is happy with the tradeoffs going with
the
C3 vs. a SteppIR, then why shouldn't they allow themselves to purchase
the less expensive antenna? For someone for whom price is an issue,
the comparison of a four-el SteppIR to a tower full of monobanders is
useless, since they'd never contemplate the multiple monobanders
anyway.
In a perfect world, we'd all be able to afford IC-7800s. The world isn't
perfect, it's a blend of tradeoffs.
And remember, NONE of what I've written was ever intended to disparage
SteppIR or call into question anybody's satisfaction with the antenna.
73, kelly
ve4xt
> From: "R. Kevin Stover" <rkstover@mchsi.com>
> Date: 2005/03/17 Thu PM 01:14:28 CST
> To: ve4xt@mb.sympatico.ca
> CC: towertalk@contesting.com, 'Bill' <w5vx@hiline.net>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How can a SteppIR Perform So Well?
>
> ve4xt@mb.sympatico.ca wrote:
>
> > I don't mean to disparage the SteppIR, it has a lot going for it, but
consider
> > that the 4-el SteppIR is $1,745.
> >
> > The C3E is $735, the C3S is $610.
> >
> > If the added performance in Joe's chart below is worth $1,000 to you,
then
> > by all means. The SteppIR will also outperform the F12s on
frequencies
> > the F12 is, by F12's own admission, a compromise (WARC bands).
> >
>
> >
> > 73, kelly
> > ve4xt
>
> You can also look at the price performance question like this:
> How much will 4 el monobanders for 20-6m cost you? Depending on
what you
> get and from who you can spend $1745 in a heartbeat.
> Don't forget to add the price of a new rotator to swing all of that
> aluminum and a remote antenna switch or separate runs of coax.
>
>
> --
> R. Kevin Stover ACØH
>
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>
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