Towertalk
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [TowerTalk] How can a SteppIR Perform So Well?

To: ve4xt@mb.sympatico.ca
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How can a SteppIR Perform So Well?
From: "R. Kevin Stover" <rkstover@mchsi.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:14:28 -0600
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
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

K2/100 #4684

Reclaim Your Inbox!
http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird

_______________________________________________

See: http://www.mscomputer.com  for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather 
Stations", and lot's more.  Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions 
and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.

_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>