It seems like very few antennas are affordable to the average ham.
It seems like they need some competition. With prices in the multiple thousands
of dollars for a few aluminum tubes somebody could make lot of money by being
less expensive...
I would call them GOTHAM BEAMS as a nod to history!!
Best regards - Brian Carling
AF4K Crystals Co.
117 Sterling Pine St.
Sanford, FL 32773
Tel: +USA 321-262-5471
> On Apr 10, 2015, at 8:35 AM, Per Molund <pmolund@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What about Ultrabeam UB-1040DX?
>
> <
> http://www.ultrabeam.it/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=72&lang=en
>
> I know, not cheap or American, but still an alternative.
>
> Per LA9XKA
>
> 2015-04-10 13:34 GMT+02:00 Grant Saviers <grants2@pacbell.net>:
>
>> I'm wondering if there have been any attempts at more than 4 element
>> SteppIR's?
>>
>> I'm happy with my 4L but it would be nice to have some more smoke. What
>> might be interesting are some longer boom more limited band combinations,
>> with higher performance e.g. 6 L on 15/12/10 or 5 L on 20/17 or 6 L on
>> 17/12 on 42' boom (the one I want, since my modeling so far for an
>> interlaced 5/5 design isn't succeeding).
>>
>> Another advantage of limiting the band combinations is that there isn't as
>> much compromise when stacking them. Also, there would be less tower
>> loading, fewer rotators, etc. than conventional 3 band contest stacks.
>> However, there remains the tuning delay when QSYing or band changing,
>> which is a bit of a problem in contest S&P & mult chasing.
>>
>> Grant KZ1W
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