[TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> All things considered from my perspective, The Log is cheap, 
> light , easy, broadbanded, sufficient gain, automatic band  
> switching, unlimited power and duty rating, light wind 
> loading, and  directly fed without matching devices or a 
> balun. 

Unfortunately, if one wants a log that will hold up to any 
kind of wind for more than a couple years, it is not going 
to be cheap or light.  The logs with light weight (small 
diameter) elements are not going to handle either ice or 
the constant vibration of wind.  By the time one builds 
enough strength into them, they become heavy and expensive 
like the old Hy-Gain, and Collins designs for the Department 
of State and/or Department of Defense.  

By the way, the better performing LP designs are 200 Ohm 
feed systems and require a 4:1 balun or other matching 
system. 

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV