[TowerTalk] SteppIR

[Bob Maser]

Joe, have you been smoking weed again?  It's affecting your brain.  Your 
logic makes no sense at all. A 4 element on a 34 foot boom at the same 
height and optimized with YO or some other optimization program will 
outperform the SteppIR if both antennas are reasonably close by.  You sound 
like someone trying to justify spending all that money.  Better you should 
light some candles and pray that the element drive motors stand up.

Bob W6TR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <w4tv at subich.com>
To: "'Bob Maser'" <bmaser at tampabay.rr.com>; "'Carl Smidt'" 
<xveoneov at primus.ca>; <towertalk at contesting.com>; <SteppIR at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 10:30 AM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] SteppIR


>
> 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