[TowerTalk] SteppIR gain

[Rick Karlquist]

Jim Jarvis said:
>
10.6          9.5
>
> Those Steppir gain figures are very questionable.  They are significantly
> higher
> than the gain figures for optimized yagi designs in the 20th edition of
> the

Conventional designs are "optimized" in the sense of covering
the whole band.  The SteppIR is optimized at a single frequency.
This the SteppIR, as a "monofrequency" antenna, should be able
to out perform a "monoband" antenna.

Rick N6RK