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Re: [TowerTalk] re; STEPPir ANTENNAs

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] re; STEPPir ANTENNAs
From: Mike Fatchett W0MU <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2025 19:45:05 -0600
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He could have used 20m monobanders and saved a ton of money......Obviously money was not an issue.  4 80 ft towers as the supports.....etc.......And then when it broke you were SOL.

W0MU

On 4/6/2025 7:34 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
A stack in 2 dimensions like that only works well on one band.
It won't be anything great whether SteppIR's or any other tribanders
are used.  W6BH tried a stack of KT34's (only vertical stacking)
and it didn't work very well, which should have been obvious without building it.  As was said, more cents than sense.

73
Rick N6RK

On 4/5/2025 9:27 PM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
K9LTN became a silent key in 2009.  It would be interesting to know if that
system ever worked and what happened to it.

John KK9A


David Gilbert AB7E wrote:

I wonder what happened to it.  K9LTN is an expired callsign.

Dave   AB7E



On 4/5/2025 7:23 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
Imagine this maintenance headache:
https://www.kkn.net/dayton2006/K9LTN.pdf

John KK9A


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