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1. [Towertalk] The StepIR (score: 1): Author: ve2dc@rac.ca (Mel Martin (VE2DC)); Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 12:49:35 -0400; A few comments... Not that innovative... anybody remember the "Cliffdweller" about 30 years ago? Same basic idea... for 40 and 80... single element though. Caution is not "pessimism and negativity"..; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00512.html (8,623 bytes)
2. [Towertalk] The StepIR (score: 1): Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith); Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 14:24:03 -0400; Funny, just today I was re-reading W3AFM's classic 1964 series on station design, and noted that one of the stations on his list of "big guns" was using a TH6-DX. I wonder how many of those antennas; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00514.html (7,695 bytes)
3. [Towertalk] The StepIR (score: 1): Author: k2av@contesting.com (Guy Olinger, K2AV); Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 14:51:29 -0400; One consideration FOR the SteppIR, based on this thread and some posts off-reflector... The SteppIR may fare BETTER than regular aluminum antennas in salt-spray environments. The copper tape itself i; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00516.html (11,537 bytes)
4. [Towertalk] The StepIR (score: 1): Author: ve2dc@rac.ca (Mel Martin (VE2DC)); Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 17:39:42 -0400; If it's designed for that kind of environment... it may not be, as that would add to the cost. Somebody was making antennas with copper tape embedded in fibreglass elements years ago... I'm sure what; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00521.html (11,966 bytes)
5. [Towertalk] The StepIR (score: 1): Author: BobK8IA@aol.com (BobK8IA@aol.com); Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 18:01:32 EDT; would add to the cost. Somebody was making antennas with copper tape embedded in fibreglass elements years ago... I'm sure what happened to them... seemed like a good idea, especially for 40M.......; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00524.html (8,894 bytes)
6. [Towertalk] The StepIR (score: 1): Author: Mark <AA6DX@pacbell.net> (Mark); Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 19:38:24 -0700; Just a funny .. back when, in 1965, my first beam was a TH6-DX .. how long ago? It was delivered by TRAIN .. Railway Express Agency .. I was too antsy to wait for the REA truck to deliver to my rural; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00528.html (9,182 bytes)
7. [Towertalk] The StepIR (score: 1): Author: na9d@speakeasy.net (Jon Ogden); Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 06:03:27 -0500; What about ice? Yes, the copper tape and the servo motor are all sealed inside. But in those environs where it might get really cold, what if moisture condenses inside and freezes? What then? I hadn'; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00532.html (9,035 bytes)
8. [Towertalk] The StepIR (score: 1): Author: cfwb@cox.net (Carl -K8AV-); Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 10:03:48 -0400; I live in Northern Ohio. Every winter for a few days my TH-5 is out of service because of ice build up on the antenna causing high SWR. I guess every antenna can have ice problems in cold climates. 7; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00536.html (10,408 bytes)
9. [Towertalk] The StepIR (score: 1): Author: k3nd@yahoo.com (GALE STEWARD); Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 07:41:59 -0700 (PDT); I have a 60's TH6 up that I bought used in the 70's. I have refurbished the traps several times but it's still going strong. Still works like a champ. 73, Stew K3ND http://lists.contesting.com/mailma; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00542.html (8,980 bytes)
10. [Towertalk] The StepIR (score: 1): Author: stevek@jmr.com (Steve Katz); Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 07:55:14 -0700; [Steve Katz] Common problem, but it's not just "high SWR" that puts them out of service...most antennas, when covered with a lot of ice, stop working. If rotated and stopped too fast, the enormous a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00543.html (11,510 bytes)
11. [Towertalk] The StepIR (score: 1): Author: kg5u@hal-pc.org (Dale L Martin); Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 18:31:14 -0500; Sorry, Stew. That doesn't meet Pete's criteria for comparing a Th6-DX to a SteppIR. You refurbished the traps. If you hadn't refurbished the traps, would the antenna still be operational today? 73, d; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00554.html (10,521 bytes)
12. [Towertalk] The StepIR (score: 1): Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith); Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 20:56:18 -0400; Well, yes and no... at least the traps are refurbishable... It's one thing to clean out some traps and tighten the screws, quite another to replace a stepper motor. 73, Pete N4ZR Sometimes a tower is; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00558.html (8,400 bytes)
13. [Towertalk] The StepIR (score: 1): Author: w7ts@attbi.com (Ken Kinyon); Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 20:11:56 -0700; Hello to all, After following this whole discussion, I am curious about something. Why are those of us who have the StepIR antenna trying to convince those who don't what a great antenna it is? Perso; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00560.html (8,467 bytes)
14. [Towertalk] The StepIR (score: 1): Author: joe@xyz.net (WL7M); Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 18:46:36 -0800; Good thought! I did buy a Mosley Pro57B - worked 304 countries in about 12 months...how's your StepIR doin'?? ;-) 73, Joe WL7M; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00561.html (9,678 bytes)
15. [Towertalk] The StepIR (score: 1): Author: Mark <AA6DX@pacbell.net> (Mark); Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 19:59:19 -0700; And .. with my Mosley 20M monobander, I used to work 14 MHz DXCC any weekend I wanted, in KL7 when the aurora allowed .. or perhaps a little longer, from /W4 -- and, I have a Pro 67B on my roof! (Dra; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00562.html (11,241 bytes)
16. [Towertalk] The StepIR (score: 1): Author: cfwb@cox.net (Carl -K8AV-); Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 08:47:30 -0400; I worked 333 countries on my TH-5 and only need BS7 and the VU (Andaman) to have them all. After having my SteppIR for only 3 months I can tell you it's a all around better antenna then the TH-5 I us; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00575.html (8,859 bytes)
17. [Towertalk] The StepIR (score: 1): Author: llindblom@juno.com (llindblom@juno.com); Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 15:39:23 GMT; It is called cognitive dissonance and a description of it can be found in most basic psychology text books. Hello to all, After following this whole discussion, I am curious about something. Why are; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-09/msg00580.html (8,943 bytes)

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