Lee, I'm heading toward that "past the prime" region myself. Today climbing is
not a problem, but I have to be realistic about 5 & 10 years down the hill.
Since my whole installation will be new I'm going to use a Hazer. If you have a
Rohn fixed tower you could add that pretty reasonably I think and solve the
climbing issue. I'm really leaning toward the SteppIR but confess that without
the Hazer I would have to overcome the same issues you're dealing with.
Jack - WE5ST
----- Original Message -----
From: Lee Buller <k0wa@swbell.net>
Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:42 am
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Log Periodic, or what?
> Roger,
>
> I am doing the same thing here, but I doubt my gains in the stock
> market are going to help me.
>
> I have a TH6DXX at 60 feet and I too am looking for a change.
> Why? The TH6DXX is a good antenna. I have to take it down to
> weather proof it because water is getting into the traps. So,
> taking it down is a mess...so...I asked myself...lets get rids of
> traps, get someting new and have fun.
>
> I see that there are three Manufacturers I want to deal with that
> have good reputations that can do some or all of the following; 20-
> 10 + WARC, no traps, new equipment, cost, and low maintenance.
> They are:
>
> 1. Tennadyne for Log Periodics
> 2. SteppIR for "fludimotion"
> 3. Force-12 for linear loading.
>
> The Force-12 and SteppIR people are rabid about thier anntennas,
> so there is a lot of feedback about those antennas. The Tennadyne
> LPs did not have a lot of user feedback on the net except on the
> web site. So, I asked for some feedback from users. I got
> feedback from people using the T-8 through the T-12. The feeback
> was OK, but not without some caveats. One gentleman indicated
> that his T-10 was not better than his TH6DXX was but he could get
> on the other bands. Fromt to back was about as good or maybe a
> little less. Others said they could "open and band and close the
> band." Some said there were some pretty deep nulls on the sides.
> Some said that the construction is good, but the longer elements
> can sag and break after a few years. Everyone of them said they
> were not sorry about buying the antenna but they pointed out these
> areas.
> Then, you have to figure in cost. The Tennadyne antennas are very
> reasonable. So are most of the Force-12 antennas depending on the
> plethora of features you want with the antenna...although...Force-
> 12 antennas can become pretty expensive on the high end. The
> SteppIR is well over $1K for a three element beam and I find that
> to be high. Of course, they have all that "motorized" hardware up
> there.
> The other thing that bothers me about the SteppIR (please do not
> bring the rath of SteppIR fans down on me) is that I do not climb
> towers very much because I am...past my prime! So, having all the
> gizmos and gadgets up on the tower makes me pause. I know they
> have ran the antennas for over 2,000,000,000 cycles...because it
> is mechanical it is going to bust sometime or another. So, I
> guess maintenance is an issue I want to look at as well.
>
> So, where does that leave the discussion? I am not quite sure. I
> like to balance a purchase with weighing the cost, performace and
> longevity of a product. So, maybe the discussion can enlighten me.
>
> Lee - K0WA
>
>
> "Tower (K8RI)" <tower@rogerhalstead.com> wrote:
> Well, the temperature is staring to rise. We are past the cold
> weather and
> getting better every day...well...maybe except for a few blizzards
> and ice
> storms yet. We have a good two months plus before I can expect "good
> weather". We used to get some of our biggest snow falls in the
> first week
> of April.
>
> At any rate, I'm starting to plan for a good HF antenna and the
> stock market
> recovery to pay for it.. I'd like something that would let me get
> on 40
> through 10 including the WARC bands, but I'd settle for 20 through 10
> including the WARC bands. I keep going over the literature and
> visiting web
> sites, but haven't settled on anything yet.
>
> The current set-up is a TH-5 at 100 feet, a 7L 6-meter C3i at 115
> and the
> UHF/VHF arrays at 130.
>
> I have a number of options, including the removing of the VHF/UHF
> array at
> 130 feet and moving up the tri-bander so I could put 3L on 40 in
> there, but
> I'd prefer to get 40 through 10 on one antenna. Still, I may end
> up still
> using slopers on 40. They sure do work great into Europe on 75.
>
> So, I'm open to suggestion.
>
> 73
>
> Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
> N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
> www.rogerhalstead.com
>
>
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