[TowerTalk] Cushcraft/MFJ Traps

[Grant Saviers]

All of the SteppIR antenna EZNEC models are available in Dan AC6LA's 
great  AutoEZ tool format so you can vary the element lengths.  Pretty 
complex models, not good as a first experience.

Here is the link to Dan's introduction and models
https://ac6la.com/aecollection10.html

Grant KZ1W

On 9/12/2019 6:05 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> SteppIR beam do not have traps but they use a fixed element spacing as 
> mentioned in your tribander post. Has any SteppIR owner done the 
> modeling work to see what effect this really has?
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> John KK9A
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> David Gilbert AB7E wrote:
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> Trapped tribanders have shorter elements, which has an effect on
> pattern, and they have non-optimal element spacing for any particular
> band, which again affects pattern gain.
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> Dave???? AB7E
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