[RTTY] SteppIR

Tom Martin tmartin at chartermi.net
Tue Feb 13 11:10:27 EST 2018


The only drawback with having a SteppIR is having a SteppIR on a 72' 
self supporting tower, having 74 year old legs and two titanium knees, 
and a fear of climbing over 30 feet. My 4 element has been out of 
commission since March of 2017. I finally had a club member climb and 
find a torn control cable. That resulted in a blown driver in the 
controller. Now, I'm waiting for warmer weather to have the cable 
replaced. It was -4 Sunday morning!

I operated in the RU and WPX with wire antennas and a Mosley CL33 at 35 
feet. WPX was a SB40 effort.

The SteppIR is more than worth it just for the 180 degree feature.

I had 9 years of error free service but, with a crank up tower, I 
wouldn't have had this long of a wait.

73,

Tom W8JWN



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