On Feb 7, 7:39 pm, jawod wrote:
On the SteppIR webpage, one of the photos is a SteppIR dipole mounted
flush with the roof to provide stealth operations. I wonder whether
this arrangement is worth it?

Is this too high tech / high cost for low return on investment?


Well... I've been struggling with getting HF antennas up in my CCNR
challenged neighborhood. Given that one of the board members of the
HOA can see my back yard directly and there are zero mature trees
around here, I've had a lot of difficulty putting up any kind of
antenna (without getting a letter from the HOA.) My current set up
uses a coax trap dipole folded up in my attic, and it is horridly
noisy on receive and nobody can hear me. (Being a single story house
with all the electric in the attic pretty much tears it for me.)

I can see where such a set up with a stepper IR dipole might be about
all you can do in some situations. It gives you good resonance on
multiple bands and doesn't have much of a need for a ground. It may
not be very efficient and it may be expensive but it seems like a
valid option to me.

It won't be as good as it *could* be if you could mount it on a tower
at the right height, but it might be all you can do in his situation.
It also seems that it would be better than loading up the gutters on
75 Meters...

-= bob =-