[TowerTalk] HF LOG-PERIODIC ANTENNAS Comments Please

[Joe]

The first SteppIR has been up for 3 plus years, and has experienced no 
problems.  I had to take my Mosley Pro57B down several times in that period 
to make adjustments within that same time frame.  My SteppIR has weathered, 
so to speak, heavy snow and ice, plus very high winds here in Colorado.  If 
the snow and ice detune it, it can be adjusted to 
compensate.  Complexity?  Sure - I'm sure that's what the OTs said about 
the first yagi, compared to a dipole.  If simplicity is what we want, maybe 
we should go back to that concept.  ;-)

Cheers,

Joe
WDØM


At 07:37 PM 6/22/2004, hasan Schiers wrote:
>Great concept, the SteppIR...but cost about 4x as much as the T-6.  I helped
>put one up about two weeks ago. It works rather nicely, but looks like an
>accident waiting to happen. (complexity).
>
>...hasan, N0AN