[TowerTalk] re; STEPPir ANTENNAs

Mike Fatchett W0MU w0mu at w0mu.com
Sun Apr 6 21:45:05 EDT 2025


He could have used 20m monobanders and saved a ton of 
money......Obviously money was not an issue.  4 80 ft towers as the 
supports.....etc.......And then when it broke you were SOL.

W0MU

On 4/6/2025 7:34 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
> A stack in 2 dimensions like that only works well on one band.
> It won't be anything great whether SteppIR's or any other tribanders
> are used.  W6BH tried a stack of KT34's (only vertical stacking)
> and it didn't work very well, which should have been obvious without 
> building it.  As was said, more cents than sense.
>
> 73
> Rick N6RK
>
> On 4/5/2025 9:27 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
>> K9LTN became a silent key in 2009.  It would be interesting to know 
>> if that
>> system ever worked and what happened to it.
>>
>> John KK9A
>>
>>
>> David Gilbert AB7E wrote:
>>
>> I wonder what happened to it.  K9LTN is an expired callsign.
>>
>> Dave   AB7E
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/5/2025 7:23 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
>>> Imagine this maintenance headache:
>>> https://www.kkn.net/dayton2006/K9LTN.pdf
>>>
>>> John KK9A
>>
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