[TowerTalk] SuperSteppIRs was Re: step away from steppir, Son

[Jim Lux]

At 06:29 AM 6/14/2007, Bob Maser wrote:
>Surely you don't expect a 4 element on a 26 foot boom to be 
>competition for a 4 element SteppIR on a 32 or 34 foot , do you?  I 
>was just leveling the playing field by taking the boom from a 205BA 
>and taking away one of the directors.
>
>The day that some company comes out with an antenna that can vary 
>the length of the elements and change spacings between the elements, 
>then I will consider buying one,


Some further thoughts..

Say you had a 3 el dual axis steppir.. it would have 5 positioners (3 
element lengths, 2 spacings)..

The question would be whether a 5 adjustable element, with fixed 
spacings, could get the same performance.

The fixed boom, 5 element antenna would be mechanically simpler.

Jim, W6RMK