RE: 40 meter SteppIR
Well they have a military version of their antenna that is 2 elements
from 3.5 - 7.0 mhz, 3 elements from 7.0 - 13.0 and 4 elements from 13.5
- 30 mhz.
It's on a 33 foot boom. I think it's around 18-20k but I don't
remember, I didn't pay too much attention to the price since this
antenna would also cost me at least 1/2 of my possessions in a divorce
settlement.
This is their distributor for the big antenna...
http://www.monteriallc.com/monstir/monstir_feat.htm
I have the 3 element up for over a year and I've been very happy with
it...
73 de George / KF9YR
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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mel Martin
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 12:26 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] some random thoughts on the SteppIR
Hmm... I just put up 10/15/20 monobanders on my 150' guyed tower... just
too
high and inaccessible to take a chance on a SteppIR... but I have a
"problem" with the tuning of the 20M antenna... and it has to come back
down
for a "tune-up"... makes you appreciate retuning with a software patch!
But I have a 50' selfstanding tower I think I'm going to use with a 3 el
steppIR for WARC/6 and high-angle 10/15/20... at that height I'm not too
worried if I have unexpected maintenance...
After a few years... maybe i'll consider the 6 el long boom SteppIR on
the
big tower ( Yes I know they only make a 4... I did say in a few years
;-) )
I'll tell you what I would like to see... a SteppIR for 30/40... hard to
make a smaller yagi work on the whole of 40M... something that could be
tuned for each band segment would be teriffic... and passive antennas
are
not too reliable on that band anyway... Anyone know if such a project is
comtemplated at SteppIR?
> >>I wouldn't buy a Steppir. Moving parts outdoors, out of reach, make
> me nervous. Just think how much more could go wrong.
> Barry W2UP
>
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