[TowerTalk] BIG array

[Cqtestk4xs at aol.com]

Wow, that's over the top!  Great looking array though...de N3OX.
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Yes, it is a great looking array and it looks like the owner and designer  
has spent many hours and money into producing a labor of love.  However,  when 
it was presented at Dayton last May, many in the audience left the  
presentation shaking our heads.  Most agreed the amount of money spent on  the array 
could have easily reduced by installing the SteppIRs on conventional  stacking on 
the tower with all antennas independently rotated by Tic-rings etc.,  which 
would have had a broader beamwidth more useful for contesting  But  hey, most of 
the guys in the audience were contesters, what do we know  about antennas?  
 
Again my congrats to the guy for having the guts for tackling such a  
project...it is formidable.
 
Now back to getting my three high Steppir array in the air out  
here...eventually.
 
Bill K4XS/KH6