> The "STEPPIR has 3 active elements on each band whereas the C3E only has
2 active elements on 15 & 20 meters, with 3 elements on 10-m. So I don't
see where the SteppIR has "half the elements" nor is comparable "apples to
apples" with a C3E.
The comparison is further off than that. For $1745, he was talking abou the
4 element SteppIR wtih a 32' boom, not the 3 element with a 16' boom. The 3
element is about $500 less.
----- Original Message -----
From: <RLVZ@aol.com>
To: <k4ik@subich.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How can a SteppIR Perform So Well?
>
> The "STEPPIR has 3 active elements on each band whereas the C3E only has
2
> active elements on 15 & 20 meters, with 3 elements on 10-m. So I don't
see
> where the SteppIR has "half the elements" nor is comparable "apples to
apples"
> with a C3E. I do not favor one antenna over the other... but since the
> SteppIR has more active elements and since each element uses the full 16'
boom
> length, whereas most of the C3E elements do not use the full 18' boom
length,
> shouldn't one expect the SteppIR to have better gain than the C3E even if
the
> SteppIR elements were a fixed length and not tuneable?
>
> 73, Dick- K9OM
>
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