In the general coverage mode, the SteppIR tunes itself
going from band to band or when tuning up and down a
band. Mine produces an S9 hash which is not a
low-level noise. Granted, I love my 3 el SteppIR and
am a big advocate for the antenna on the air. But the
tuning noise is annoying when operating in the general
coverage mode. So, I stopped using mine in that mode.
Now I just have to remember to press the proper
bandswitch on the controller. No biggie.
73, Dave, N4KZ
--- Carl Smidt <smidtca@sprint.ca> wrote:
> Not if you are lucky enough to have a SteppIR, but
> for the other beams,
> sure. Two seconds of low level hash and then 1:1
> VSWR, boy am I glad that I
> dumped my old fashioned, fixed tuned, beam.
>
> 73, Carl VE9OV
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> <towertalk@contesting.com>
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> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Steppir tuning noise
>
>
> > Why would anyone be retuning the antenna??? Tune
> it once for the phone
> band
> > and once for the CW band and forget it.
> >
> > Bruce
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