Perhaps the UrbanBeam is doing better than the dipole?
73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ
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From: W7TMT - Patrick
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 13:40
To: Steve Dyer W1SRD ; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] HFT
Wasn�t suggesting they were in trouble. I was just offering my observation
that the product offerings have in fact changed. Given the price, something
like a dipole is likely very low demand. So it�s not surprising, and would
make good business sense, to remove such items from their product line.
Patrick
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Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 10:34:24 AM
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They announced sometime back that they were "simplifying" the ordering
and manufacturing process and creating packaged antennas that included
the most popular options bundled.
You can argue the strategy, but it's not indicative of a company in
trouble as the first note suggested.
I suspect a phone call would get you want you wanted if the bundle
wasn't satisfactory. My experience is they are very easy to work with.
73,
Steve
W1SRD
On 3/17/2021 10:29, W7TMT - Patrick wrote:
I was looking for an old style (straight element) 20-10M dipole. No longer
appears on the site as best as I can tell. There�s a heading for Dipole
but it�s for an add-on not a plain standalone unit. Maybe I�m just
missing it.
Patrick, W7TMT
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Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 10:18:23 AM
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When I looked last Friday you could no longer buy the standard 20-6M
products ( 3E, 2E etc) . You now had no choice but to but buy an antenna
With the 30/40M sweeps which have been problematic.
Go here
https://consumer.steppir.com/product-category/horizontal-antennas/
Tthen click on "3Element Products" ..You will see they no longer offer
the 20-6 3E or under 2element products they no longer offer the 2E
Dave
NR1DX
On 3/17/2021 1:02 PM, Steve Dyer W1SRD via TowerTalk wrote:
What evidence do you have for that statement?
The web site looks like it has the same products they have for years.
Steve
W1SRD
On 3/17/2021 9:51, Artek Manuals wrote:
Probably one of few things that is keeping S-IR alive ... I know they
have REDUCED their product offering to hams in last month or two
Dave
NR1DX
On 3/17/2021 12:40 PM, Bruce Horn wrote:
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/wireless/wall-street-tries-shortwave-radio-to-make-highfrequency-trades-across-the-atlantic
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Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 9:05:09 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] HFT
Howdy, TowerTalkians -
??? ??? This is a little off topic so feel free to use your delete
key.?????? ??? In the last month I've spotted 3 big HF yagi
installations mounted on non-ham towers on non-ham properties. One
had 3 big yagis, one was a big SteppIR by itself and the other had 2
big SteppIRs. All were pointed fixed east (I'm in the Seattle
area).?????? ??? Turns out that these are probably used in High
Frequency Trading. That is, stock trading where fiber wasn't fast
enough and the users have turned to HF to decrease the lag time. I
thought it was pretty interesting and I'm curious how much this is
being used. And at least they're not in the ham bands -
hi.??????Cheers,Steve??? ??? K7LXC
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