[TowerTalk] SteppIR Vert

[Jim Lux]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Phipps" <larry at telepostinc.com>


Too slow, and too much wear and tear on the SteppIR I think.

Larry N8LP

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard M. Gillingham
To: Larry Phipps ; Jim Lux ; skip ; towertalk at contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR Vert


Why open an element..  Just retract it into the housing...

Just a thought

Gil, W1RG


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Don't need to retract it all the way, just make it sufficiently different
(longer or shorter) that it doesn' t interact.

I would think that the SteppIR folks have dealt with the reliability and
life issue.  They're pretty confident of their mechanisms.

As far as speed goes, you've got a point.  One of the beauties of a phased
array is the ability to rotate almost instantaneously.