[TowerTalk] SteppIR survivability?

[Paul Braiman]

Hi Bob-

Can you provide us with the brand name for the marine paint you used. Also the name of the color…I doubt it’s known as "SteppIR Green” HiHi! The California sun is beating up my DB-18 and I’m probably coming up on a paint job next year.

73, 
 
-Paul

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 . . . .  “Dare Mighty Things"
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> On Aug 28, 2016, at 15:24, Alan Swinger <awswinger at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Have also experienced occasional 70+ mph winds here in VA, but always crank the tower down to 25 ft since I have that option.
> Also helps to re-paint the fiberglass element tubes with quality Marine (non metallic) paint every 3-5 yrs to offset the UV deterioration. Paint comes in the original Green color and boat stores carry. Bought a couple of quarts at Gander Mountain, who shipped direct to the house. Have touched up (repainted) twice and still have 1 1/2 qts left!
> 73,
> Alan K9MBQ
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: W3YY <w3yy at cox.net>
>> Sent: Aug 28, 2016 9:35 AM
>> To: K7LXC at aol.com
>> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] SteppIR survivability?
>> 
>> My 4-element SteppIR has been up for 13 years at 100ft.   I'm sure we had
>> have some 60 mph wind gusts in that period.  No problems until recently when
>> one of the element support tubes broke off at the EHU housing.  Just wear
>> and tear - not attributable to any specific weather event.  Will try to fix
>> but consider the SteppIR an excellent 13 year investment even if I junk it
>> at this point.
>> 
>> 73, Bob - W3YY
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> K7LXC--- via TowerTalk
>> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 1:39 PM
>> To: towertalk at contesting.com
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] SteppIR survivability?
>> 
>> Howdy, TowerTalkians --
>> 
>>   Does anyone have experience with SteppIR antennas  and big winds? How
>> big were the winds? What survived? Tnx. 
>> 
>>   BTW my apologies for the previously posted KF7P  newletter. Apparently
>> no good deed goes unpunished. 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Steve    K7LXC
>> 
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