[TowerTalk] Quad vs SteppIR

[Todd Coulter]

Rick,
   How many elements was the quad?

                               Todd
                               N4JRZ

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Richard (Rick)
Karlquist (N6RK)
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 11:45 AM
To: ABowenN4OO; Bill Ogden
Cc: towertalk at contesting.com; SteppIR at yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Quad vs SteppIR

I have a Lightning Bolt quad and a 4 element SteppIR.
My experience is the same, the SteppIR is way more
directive than the quad.  Before the quad, I had a
KT34.  It was also more directive than the quad.
I only got the quad because it covered the WARC bands.

Rick N6RK

> Subject: [TowerTalk] Quad vs SteppIR
>
>
> I took down my Lightning Bolt quad, which had been on a 70 ft tower
for 9
> years. I replaced it with the 3 el SteppIR.
>
> The first thing I noticed on 20M, was that I had to point the antenna
in
> the direction I wanted to talk instead of just aiming it north
>
>

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