So is a Maserati, Ferrari and Lamborghini, but who wants to maintain them
If you do not have an easy way to get the antenna down to ground level
stay away. ( Or a lot of money for expensive tower climbers or hydraulic
lifts )
N6KI with Broken SteppIR MonstIR
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Julio Peralta <jperalta4@verizon.net>wrote:
> To my knowledge there have not been any motor failures. There have been
> some
> failures of the drive system components due to the break down of a
> particular plastic that was used but that has cleared up and hasn't been a
> problem for many months. Having said that a failure of any components up in
> the air is a problem (including a balun or maybe a rivet) no mater what but
> the SteppIR concept is new and prone to some growing pains. One would have
> to agree it the most innovative antenna design to come along in a very long
> time.
>
> Julio, W4HY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of john@kk9a.com
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 8:30 PM
> To: TOWERTALK@contesting.com
> Cc: jimlux@earthlink.net
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR
>
> I have heard of a number of motor failures so I wonder how common this
> problem is. I suspect only the manufacturer knows this answer. If the
> antenna is mounted on a crankup tower repairing it may be somewhat easy,
> however if it is mounted 100 to 200 feet high with other antennas on the
> tower or in an H-frame like K9LTN's problematic phased array, repairing
> the
>
> antenna can be a lot of work and expense. It is true that any antenna can
> break and in choosing a product one should consider which one is built
> stronger and less susceptible to failure, along with comparing the
> electrical performance.
>
>
>
>
> To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] LP v SteppIR
> From: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
> Reply-to: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics."
> <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:08:03 -0800
> List-post: <towertalk@contesting.com">mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
>
> <snip>
>
> There are complaints of motor/mechanism failures, but they're fairly
> infrequent, and, to be fair, you hear complaints about conventional
> antennas with broken traps, incorrect hardware, etc. And, because
> they're new and novel, the "reporting rate" on SteppIR problems is
> higher than for conventional antennas (e.g. you're more likely to find
> an online comment about a SteppIR problem than about a missing set of
> clamps in some other antenna)
>
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