[TowerTalk] re; STEPPir ANTENNAs

[Ed W0YK]

;>)73,Ed W0YK
-------- Original message --------From: Ron WV4P <wv4ptn at gmail.com> Date: 4/6/25  18:56  (GMT-08:00) To: Mike Fatchett W0MU <w0mu at w0mu.com> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] re; STEPPir ANTENNAs I am very surprised to learn that multi-band antennas do not work well instacks.Ron, WV4POn Sun, Apr 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM Mike Fatchett W0MU <w0mu at w0mu.com> wrote:> 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> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________> >> TowerTalk mailing list> >> TowerTalk at contesting.com> >> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk> >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > TowerTalk mailing list> > TowerTalk at contesting.com> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk>> _______________________________________________>>>> _______________________________________________> TowerTalk mailing list> TowerTalk at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk>______________________________________________________________________________________________TowerTalk mailing listTowerTalk at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk