[TowerTalk] Help in planning a new QTH

[Larry Stowell]

Peter and all

I have a SteppIR 4el on a 75ft crank-up where there was previously a C31XR
and I can tell you I have not lost anything. The C31XR played well except on
15 where the bandwidth was very narrow. Depending on your lot the SteppIR is
much less intrusive against a tree background(4el vs. 14-shiny aluminum vs.
green fiberglass). You also pick up the WARC bands and the 180º switch.

Larry K1ZW
Durham, NC


> significantly less gain that others, especially the Force 12 C31XR. Thing
> is, that Force 12 is a behemoth and would NOT pass the XYL test in a
> million years. I think even the 4-el SteppIR may be asking for a lot.
>
> I was originally convinced that the SteppIR was the way to go because it's
> one antenna solution for 10-20 in one relatively neat package. Since I'm
> not going up 75 or 100+ feet, I felt it might be better to get something
> with a little more "oomph" to compensate for the lower height. But, I feel
> as if I either have to settle for the lower performance of the SteppIR or
> risk marital disharmony and a lot of aluminium. Are there options aside
> from these two that I should seriously consider, or do you think I've
> written of the SteppIR unnecessarily?
>
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