[TowerTalk] SteppIR gain - Two Feed Lines
Joe Subich, K4IK
k4ik at subich.com
Wed Mar 16 20:02:47 EST 2005
Lee writes:
> Two feedlines to the SteppIR is not a bad idea, but
> would take some engineering. Have one fiberglass
> tubes for 40 through 10 on the driven element and two
> reels for belerium copper strips in two different
> reels. When you go to 40 meters....the usual beam
> strips would go all the way in...and then the 40 to 10
> dipole goes out from a different set of reels out the
> same fibreglass tube using a different feedline.
Interesting to contemplate ... more difficult mechanically
and more expensive than a relay to switch the matching
transformer which SteppIR have rejected because of
concerns with reliability.
73,
... Joe, K4IK
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