[TowerTalk] SteppIR

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

Bob, 

> For any specific band most monoband antennas will stomp a SteppIR, 
> assuming that the boom length is the same or longer than the SteppIR.

That's complete nonsense unless you are comparing something like a 
60 foot boom monobander.  YO shows a 1 dB advantage for the 4 element 
over the 205CA because the 205CA gives up gain to maintain usable SWR 
across the entire band.  The N6BV optimized design (BV205) is about .5 dB
below the SteppIR.  

It takes a much larger monobander (6 el 60 foot on 20, 6 el 48 foot 
on 15 and 7 el 48 foot on 10) to achieve at least 1 dB more gain than 
the SteppIR.  Sure, one could put up a set of WA3FET (K3LR) OWA antennas 
for each band but not on one tower. 

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
 


  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bob Maser
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 8:50 AM
> To: Carl Smidt; Richard J. Fiero II W5TFW; 
> towertalk at contesting.com; SteppIR at yahoogroups.com
> 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