[TowerTalk] SteppIR/ HyGain/ MFJ

on4kj on4kj at skynet.be
Wed Nov 5 00:13:24 EST 2003


Hurry-up Jim with the tower, before xyl change her mind and you have to wait
another 35 years.......

88's and 73's from a chocolatmaker ....

Jos on4kj


----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry " <w2up at mindspring.com>
To: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis at comcast.net>; "Towertalk"
<towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR/ HyGain/ MFJ


>
>
> On 4 Nov 2003 Jim Jarvis wrote:
>
> >
> ........  My wife assembled the fiberglass tubes IN THE LIVING ROOM, while
watching
> > television.  First time in 35 years she's helped with a radio
> > project, and her comment was..."Gee, this stuff is really clean.
> > and it looks good, too".
> >
> > The stepper motor technology is well proven.  The fit and finish
> > of the SteppIR product is exemplary.   And the best part is...you
> > don't have to fool around, empirically diddling the antenna to get
> > the best vswr compromise....pattern and f/b be damned.  It's literally
> > put it up, and either forget it, or program the beam as you'd like
> > it to be.  We literally assembled it and put it on the tower in a
> > total of two hours elapsed time.  I've never had that happen before,
> > in >40 years of hamming.
> >
> > Now that we've moved, mine is waiting for a tower.  But one of the
> > bigger questions is.... 4 el or a stack of 3's?
> >
> > N2EA
> > Jim Jarvis
> >
>
> Jim,
> I'm all for new technology. So, in answer to your question, get the 4
> el, and use a Stepptower. That way the tower will go up and down to
> find the optimum height as the antenna tunes itself.
> 73,
> Barry--
> Barry Kutner, W2UP              Internet: w2up at mindspring.com
> Newtown, PA                     Frankford Radio Club
>
>
>
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