[TowerTalk] SteppIR

[Carl Smidt]

 What 'bragging'???

 Read my e-mail again, or have someone read it to you.

 You obviously didn't understand its content.

 73,  Carl  VE9OV


> ----- 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 9:50 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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