[TowerTalk] step away from stepIR

Bob Maser bmaser at tampabay.rr.com
Mon Jun 11 16:20:09 EDT 2007


Doesn't SteppIR have their own reflector?  Why can't all this discussion go 
there?

Bob W6TR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Turner" <dezrat at copper.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] step away from stepIR


> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:00:18 -0400, "Tom Rauch" <w8ji at contesting.com>
> wrote:
>
>>It isn't how an antenna really works that matters. The only
>>thing that really matters is how we feel about it.
>>
>>I've worked VK several times from my mobile on 160, and even
>>Europe on SSB 160. I've worked VK3IM while he was mobile a
>>dozen times or more on 160. In all cases antenna efficiency
>>was less than 1% and power less than 400W, only 100W for the
>>VK3 who used to work me.
>>
>>:-)
>
> ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
>
> Spot on, as they say.
>
> SteppIR is becoming a religion, much like Collins.
>
> Bill W6WRT
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