[TowerTalk] Stacked 4 El SteppIR's

[Howard Klein]

Hi John,
Right you are.  I am out of town and forgot the exact boom picture. I know I 
was not very disturbed over the boom specs. I actually got my 2nd 4 el up 
Sunday but before I had time to tune the pair I had to leave town. I can 
only say I am extremmely impressed with the top 4 at 75 ft. The lower at 
40ft (right now) sounds pretty good also. I need to play with the separation 
and tune the individual antennas when I get home to see how the stack will 
work. It's hard to believe that it can only get better. Good <uck to John.
73,
Howard..K2HK

----Original Message Follows----
From: John Farber <kg6i at direcway.com>
To: k2hk at arrl.net
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Re: TowerTalk Digest, Vol 9, Issue 38
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:22:07 -0700

 > Howard and all,
 >
 > I was just about ready to order a pair of those 4el SteppIR yagis when I
 > read on their web page that the 32ft boom was only 1-3/4 inch diameter.
 > Yikes!  My KT-34XA has a 32ft x 3in boom and I don't think it could 
manage
 > with less.  Granted, the SteppIR boom has a bit more wall thickness - but
 > wall thickness just can't make up for lack in diameter (if you believe 
the
 > moment formulas in my old college statics textbook).
 >
 > Howard: After putting two of those beauties up, what do you think of that
 > skinny boom ???
 >
Just put mine up Sunday. The boom tapers from 2.5 inches down to 1 3/4 in at
the ends onlyl Is fine, Plus uses a truss system. Is a BIG antenna too, anad
heavy, 82 lbs. It seems to play just fine. GL, 73 John

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