[BULK] - RE: [TowerTalk] some random thoughts on the SteppIR

[Steve Katz]

George, re your writeup below:

"Instead of getting married, why not just find some woman you don't like and
give her half your stuff?"

I can argue this is definitely related to antennas and towers.....  

WB2WIK/6

"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of
enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	George Skoubis [SMTP:george.skoubis at verizon.net]
> Sent:	Tuesday, November 04, 2003 11:10 AM
> To:	towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject:	[BULK] - RE: [TowerTalk] some random thoughts on the SteppIR
> 
> 
> RE:  40 meter SteppIR
> 
>  Well they have a military version of their antenna that is 2 elements
> from 3.5 - 7.0 mhz, 3 elements from 7.0 - 13.0 and 4 elements from 13.5
> - 30 mhz.
> 
>  It's on a 33 foot boom. I think it's around 18-20k but I don't
> remember, I didn't pay too much attention to the price since this
> antenna would also cost me at least 1/2 of my possessions in a divorce
> settlement.
> 
>  This is their distributor for the big antenna...
> http://www.monteriallc.com/monstir/monstir_feat.htm
> 
>  I have the 3 element up for over a year and I've been very happy with
> it...
> 
> 73 de George / KF9YR
> 
>    
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mel Martin
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 12:26 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] some random thoughts on the SteppIR
> 
> Hmm... I just put up 10/15/20 monobanders on my 150' guyed tower... just
> too
> high and inaccessible to take a chance on a SteppIR... but I have a
> "problem" with the tuning of the 20M antenna... and it has to come back
> down
> for a "tune-up"... makes you appreciate retuning with a software patch!
> 
> But I have a 50' selfstanding tower I think I'm going to use with a 3 el
> steppIR for WARC/6 and high-angle 10/15/20... at that height I'm not too
> worried if I have unexpected maintenance...
> 
> After a few years... maybe i'll consider the  6 el long boom SteppIR on
> the
> big tower  ( Yes I know they only make a 4... I did say in a few years
> ;-) )
> 
> I'll tell you what I would like to see... a SteppIR for 30/40... hard to
> make a smaller yagi work on the whole of 40M... something that could be
> tuned for each band segment would be teriffic... and passive antennas
> are
> not too reliable on that band anyway... Anyone know if such a project is
> comtemplated at SteppIR?
> 
> > >>I wouldn't buy a Steppir.  Moving parts outdoors, out of reach, make
> > me nervous.  Just think how much more could go wrong.
> > Barry W2UP
> >
> 
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