[TowerTalk] SteppIR

[sabrams at nycap.rr.com]

Also, all the talk about one antenna stomping on another is really silly 
when the differences for similar boom lengths are in tenths of dBs and the 
qth differences shown from HFTA can be as much as 2-5 dB or more.
Let's get real.  73  Saul  K2XA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Maser" <bmaser at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Carl Smidt" <xveoneov at primus.ca>; "Richard J. Fiero II W5TFW" 
<w5tfw at arrl.net>; <towertalk at contesting.com>; <SteppIR at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR


> Carl, your bragging doesn't make any sense at all.  For any specific band
> most monoband antennas will stomp a SteppIR, assuming that the boom length
> is the same or longer than the SteppIR.  For band hopping convenience, I
> would agree with you  that the SteppIR antenna is better than most
> tribanders.  All of this bickering back and forth has become tedious at
> best.
>
> Bob  W6TR
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carl Smidt" <xveoneov at primus.ca>
> To: "Richard J. Fiero II W5TFW" <w5tfw at arrl.net>;
> <towertalk at contesting.com>; <SteppIR at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 7:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR
>
>
>> Give us a break!!!!!
>> Think about it!!!!!
>> How many SteppIR beams have been sold???
>> How many problem antennas have been identified here????
>> Mine has been up and working great since June 2002.
>> If you don't buy one, at least YOU won't be giving me any
>> competition when trying to work the elusive one  :)
>>
>> 73,  Carl   VE9OV
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Richard J. Fiero II W5TFW" <w5tfw at arrl.net>
>> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 10:39 PM
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Stepp IR
>>
>>
>>>  Well,
>>> if nothing else you all, just talked me outof a stepp IR for good,
>>> there is no way I am going to have to keep removing them to fix them,
>>> I run 2 towers here at my QTH the first one is 75' tall
>>> and contains a 6 ele cushcraft 6 meter Beam at 85' & a Home made 17 
>>> meter
>>> 3
>>> ele Yagi @ 75'
>>>  the second is 60' tall and has a Mosley cl 36 tri bander on it. I have
>>> no
>>> problems with any of them,
>>>
>>> And they didnt cost me 4000.00 Dollars.
>>>
>>>                                                         Joey
>>>
>>>
>>> A.R.S. W5TFW
>>> Richard J. Fiero II
>>> Laptop....
>>>
>>>
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