[TowerTalk] How can a SteppIR Perform So Well?

[R. Kevin Stover]

ve4xt at mb.sympatico.ca wrote:

> I don't mean to disparage the SteppIR, it has a lot going for it, but consider 
> that the 4-el SteppIR is $1,745.
> 
> The C3E is $735, the C3S is $610.
> 
> If the added performance in Joe's chart below is worth $1,000 to you, then 
> by all means. The SteppIR will also outperform the F12s on frequencies 
> the F12 is, by F12's own admission, a compromise (WARC bands).
> 

> 
> 73, kelly
> ve4xt

You can also look at the price performance question like this:
How much will 4 el monobanders for 20-6m cost you? Depending on what you 
get and from who you can spend $1745 in a heartbeat.
Don't forget to add the price of a new rotator to swing all of that 
aluminum and a remote antenna switch or separate runs of coax.


-- 
R. Kevin Stover	ACØH

K2/100 #4684

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