[TowerTalk] Advice pse : Log Periodic versus small Steppir

[Dave Johnson]

Hey Gerry,

Replacing your KT34a with a 2 el Steppir or a Tennadyne T6 would be a 
noticeable loss in performance on 10, 15 & 20 meters, however, you would add 
several bands that the KT34 can't cover.  If you are going to change 
antennas, I would go with the 3 element SteppIR.

I have converted a KT34a to the KT34-M2 and it's a hard job but well worth 
the effort.  I have just finished converting a KT34XA to a KT36XA-M2 but 
don't have it up on a tower just yet.  That conversion is a much bigger job. 
I am anxious to get it working so I can compare it's performance to my 6 
element monoband antennas on 15 and 20 that are on separate towers.

If you decide rebuild the KT34a, I suggest you buy a shotgun cleaning kit 
and use the wire brush to clean all the corrosion out of the capacitor 
tubes.  It was interesting to see the big cloud of white dust that came out 
of those tubes.

Good Luck,

Dave - K4SSU


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "r young" <ryoung158 at gmail.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 12:00 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Advice pse : Log Periodic versus small Steppir


> I'm thinking of replacing my old KLM KT34a.
>
> I need a somewhat low profile antenna, not too big. Thinking 2 el Steppir 
> or
> Tennadyne T6.
>
> I'd like opinions of the 2 element Steppir versus the T6 Tennadyne. 
> Would
> they be similar in performance ?
>
>
> On another note  has anyone rebuilt the KT34 with the M2 kit and if so 
> what
> are the opinions out there?
>
> Tks,
>
> Gerry
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