[TowerTalk] STEPPir ANTENNAs

[David Gilbert]

It would be interesting to know what the failure rate of Steppir yagis 
is over a ten year period.  Everyone I know of that has one has had one 
or more failures, but then again we probably don't hear from many of the 
people who haven't.

Dave   AB7E



On 4/5/2025 8:38 PM, Wes Stewart via TowerTalk wrote:
>   I helped a friend install a DB-42.  One of the EHUs was DOA out of the box.  Fortunately he tested them before building the antenna.  My situation is such that I couldn't install one anyway.  But if I could, I wouldn't.
> Wes  N7WS
>      On Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 07:24:50 PM MST, john at kk9a.com <john at kk9a.com> wrote:
>   
>   Imagine this maintenance headache:
> https://www.kkn.net/dayton2006/K9LTN.pdf
>
> John KK9A
>
>
> Jim VE7RF wrote:
>
> Too bad, that DB-42 is a lotta  $$.  $13.5K, plus shipping, all in with
> various options.
>
> One fellow emailed me, who has  3 of the  smaller steppir yagi's stacked.
> 2 of em are DOA, and the 3rd is hanging on by a thread.  He was not a
> happy camper.
>
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