I don't think gamma matching the boom of this antenna is a good
idea. The stepIR has motors and sensors somewhere in there that
might not like RF being applied where the manufacturer did not
intend it to be.
73, Roger
kelly@thejohnsons.ws wrote:
>
> I will be putting up a 3 el SteppIR sometime in the next month. Does anyone
> have a great idea about how to add 40 meters? I can't have much separation
> so it would have to be something that can be mounted close to the SteppIR or
> some kind of mod to the SteppIR itself to work on 40. Even 5 feet of
> separation is probably too much. I am height, size, and
> weight limited at the moment so a rotatable dipole is about all I can do.
> Any ideas that work as well as (or better than) my inverted vee at the
> same height (about 45 feet) are welcome :-)
>
>
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:53:07 -0800 (PST), SavageBR@aol.com wrote:
>
> >
> > If you have other antennas up, don't over look the possibility of Gamma
> > matching the boom of a monoband 20 Mtr or multiband beam. This technique has
> > been discussed by N4KG and others, I match the boom of a 204BA at 74 ft and
> > it works out GREAT.
> >
> > Bruce AA4Z
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