[TowerTalk] How can a SteppIR Perform So Well?

[Tom McAlee]

> The "STEPPIR has 3 active elements on each band whereas the C3E  only has
2  active elements on 15 & 20 meters, with 3 elements on 10-m.   So I don't
see where the SteppIR has "half the elements" nor is comparable  "apples to
apples" with a C3E.

The comparison is further off than that.  For $1745, he was talking abou the
4 element SteppIR wtih a 32' boom, not the 3 element with a 16' boom.  The 3
element is about $500 less.

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How can a SteppIR Perform So Well?


>
> The "STEPPIR has 3 active elements on each band whereas the C3E  only has
2
> active elements on 15 & 20 meters, with 3 elements on 10-m.   So I don't
see
> where the SteppIR has "half the elements" nor is comparable  "apples to
apples"
> with a C3E.  I do not favor one antenna over the  other... but since the
> SteppIR has more active elements and since each  element uses the full 16'
boom
> length, whereas most of the C3E elements do  not use the full 18' boom
length,
> shouldn't one expect the SteppIR to  have better gain than the C3E even if
the
> SteppIR elements were a fixed length  and not tuneable?
>
> 73, Dick- K9OM
>