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Re: [TowerTalk] re; STEPPir ANTENNAs

To: Ron WV4P <wv4ptn@gmail.com>, Mike Fatchett W0MU <w0mu@w0mu.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] re; STEPPir ANTENNAs
From: Ed W0YK <ed@w0yk.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2025 22:42:44 -0700
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;>)73,Ed W0YK
-------- Original message --------From: Ron WV4P <wv4ptn@gmail.com> Date: 
4/6/25  18:56  (GMT-08:00) To: Mike Fatchett W0MU <w0mu@w0mu.com> Cc: 
towertalk@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@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@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> >>>> >>> 
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