Hi Bob,
Sounds like you've had alot of problems with your SteppIR Yagi as I have.
If you have not done so, please complete a "Product Review" on the SteppIR
at
_www.eHam.net_ (http://www.eHam.net) as potential buyers need to know. I
posted my Product Review... but it's frustrating that almost everyone give
it a perfect "5". The SteppIR yagi is a fine antenna when it works but
mine has caused me a great deal of grief: bad controller, bad stepper motor,
and an element fell off because the rubber boot didn't hold.
I'm hoping if more people post comments of their problems that SteppIR will
improve their product. In recent years they are getting worse as more and
more of the parts come from China.
73,
Dick- K9OM
In a message dated 1/22/2010 5:51:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
w5rg@yahoo.com writes:
Wilson..I have a 4 ele Steppir...If I had it to do over again..I would go
with the LP..Lot less trouble and ALSO MOST as good..I'll give you my
Steppir..if you pay the crane fee!! Bob W5RG
----- Original Message ----
From: Wilson Lamb <infomet@embarqmail.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: Fri, January 22, 2010 3:05:22 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Subject: Re: LP v SteppIR
OK, I'll say it.
It's no fun for me to put that much "stuff" and money (StepIR) up in the
air.
Yes, I could "afford" one, but my ham fun leans much more to getting good
results from less than stellar equipment. If you can afford it, want it,
and can afford the repairs, by all means go for it. But I think a little
more tower is much more appealing. I suppose I have some prejudice
against
"buying performance", where my own hamming is concerned. The only beam I
have owned was a used trap tribander at 35 feet. It did anything I asked
of
it, mostly at 100W! If it weren't for WARC, I'd do that again in a
heartbeat, but the great conditions and lack of crowding on some WARC
frequencies has me looking at log periodics. Friends extoll the eleven
element, but I'm not sure I want to mess with the size, so may go down to
six, which many reviewers praise. I suppose my ambition is flagging with
advancing age (68), even though I'm perfectly able to climb.
73,
Wilson
W4BOH
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> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:21:02 -0500
> From: "Gene Fuller" <w2lu@rochester.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR
> To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics."
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> It all boils down to the old adage "different stroke for different
folks".
> How many bands, zoning restrictions especially re height, dollars, wind
> and
> ice conditions, reliability, avalability of local bargins, asthetics,
> contests vs just x'ing, cost and reliability of cabling - RF, power and
> control, and rotators, ability/willingness to climb, etc. But remember
> that
> for the average location, you will most likely pick up more db's and new
> "countries" by putting a fairly simple lower gain (4-6 db) antenna at 70
> feet than going to a fancier higher gain (8-10 db) at 35 feet - if zoning
> will allow it. There certainly are enough options available. And, as
> someone, porbably wiser than most of us blogers once said, in effect,
> "It's
> most important to just make a reasoned decision and get on with it.
> You'll
> miss more dx with all of the interminal procrastination than you will by
> lacking a few db's from your antenna.
>
>
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