[TowerTalk] steppIR qsy time

[Larry Phipps]

And remember, you can still hear with the antenna mistuned... enough to 
allow you to find the first station to call or a clear calling frequency 
anyway.

Larry N8LP



Jim Jarvis wrote:

>w7zr wrote:
>
>Interested to find out if any contesters using the SteppIR 3 element find
>that the QSY time between bands is too objectionable. I found out from
>SteppIR that from 20 to 15 the time is about 9 seconds and from 20 to 10 it
>is 12 seconds. Since this will be my only antenna for those bands it appears
>that QSY in contests is not very swift. Thoughts?
>-0-
>
>Dick, I ran fully automated, and would operate by 'point and click on the
>bandmap'.   I tended not to jump bands that often...and didn't find the
>10 to 15 second wait objectionable, when I did.  It's certainly no longer
>than switching the antenna and amp, and retuning, and probably less, even
>with preset tuning positions.  The difference is...you can take a bite of
>sandwich and swig of coffee in those 10 seconds, rather than having to
>set things up.
>
>The ability to switch direction by 180 degrees, quickly, and not having
>to turn the antenna as much, seemed to add more value than band change delay
>might take away.
>
>FWIW.
>
>n2ea
>jimjarvis at ieee.org
>
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