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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:50:28 -0400
From: "Richard M. Gillingham" <rmoodyg@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Re: Quad vs SteppIR
To: <mel.martin@axare.mail.net>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Message-ID: <000301c48ed2$fed42990$6400a8c0@w1rg>
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I suppose that's possible. I'm at 45 ft. the other guys vary from 35 to
120 ft. quads, yagis and one lp. It appears to me that my Mosley CL33
warc
that I took down when I put up the Steppir was noisy in the rain, but since
I didn't buy the new one for that attribute, and I can't do an A/B one
against the other, it's pretty subjective...
So....
If we can just get Frances to pass us by and continue out to sea.......
73
Gil, W1RG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mel" <mel.martin@axare.mail.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 4:43 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: Quad vs SteppIR
> I've noticed that here too. Often my antennas on a 150' tower will be
> unusable, but antennas on a nearby 50' are relatively quiet. All are
> monoband aluminium yagis.
>
> John says:
> There are times during storms that my upper antennas have heavy static
and
> the lower ones are much quieter. Perhaps your antenna is low and less
> prone
> to static than your buddies?
>
> Mel...
> VE2DC
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:57:50 -0400
From: ABowenN4OO <abowen@nettally.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Quad vs SteppIR
To: Bill Ogden <ogden@us.ibm.com>
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com, SteppIR@yahoogroups.com
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20040830173314.009f02c0@pop3.nettally.com>
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I took down my Lightning Bolt quad, which had been on a 70 ft tower for 9
years. I replaced it with the 3 el SteppIR.
The first thing I noticed on 20M, was that I had to point the antenna in
the direction I wanted to talk instead of just aiming it north and covering
a 90+ degree swath. As soon as I tried 17 and 15M, I knew something was
working better. Perhaps some of the apparent difference was due to the feed
system of the quad. I don't know and at this point, don't care. I call:
they come back.
The other bands, 12 and 10 M, have not been open when I am active, so no
experience there.
I felt that I was reasonably competitive with the quad, or I would have
changed antennas sooner. I feel that I have made a significant improvement,
both transmitting and receiving, with the SteppIR.
I never did have a wire failure with this quad. I had yearly problems with
other designs.
INK N4OO
Sopchoppy, FL
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:06:16 -0400
From: "RICHARD BOYD" <ke3q@msn.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Quad dimensions?
To: "towertalk reflector" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV1309ipRhgxA000283bb@hotmail.com>
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Anyone have really good 4-element (20, 15 and 10) quad dimensions --
element
spacings, wire lengths on each element, etc.? 73 - Rich, KE3Q
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