Hi Steve,
Not according to their own published data...the StepIR changes element
length for optimization, but element spacing remains fixed and obviously
cannot be ideal over an octave of bandwidth.
-WB2WIK/6
"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." -
Mario Andretti
> -----Original Message-----
> From: K7LXC@aol.com [SMTP:K7LXC@aol.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 12:56 PM
> To: Steve Katz; K4MK@triad.rr.com; Aidehua@aol.com
> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Need Antenna Advice!
>
> In a message dated 9/13/02 11:07:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> stevek@jmr.com
> writes:
>
> > You might consider how important F/B is to you...the TH11 is excellent
> on
> > all bands; the StepIR is good on 20m and degrades on the higher bands..
>
> I think it's the other way around. The StepIR is an optimized 3L beam
> AT
> ALL FREQUENCIES.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve K7LXC
> TOWER TECH
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