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"buddy clark" wrote in message . com... i've had a 3 element up 15 months or so and the only problems i've had are self inflicted or inflicted by squirrels. admittedly my winters here in the dallas/ft worth metro area are not as severe as new england. john and company are really nice guys to deal with. the beam in my estimation meets or exceeds all advertised specs. the beam does not work well on 6m in my opinion, but my frame of reference for that band was a 5 element on a 30 foot boom. 20m - 10m it works like a fire hose and the 180 degree is a great feature. it's expensive but i'd buy one again with no reservations. larry kd5foy "Alan Beagley" wrote in message ... Does anybody have any words of wisdom concerning the SteppIR antennas? The participants in the Yahoo! group devoted to them all seem rapturous -- except for the complaints about having to wait a couple of months for their orders to be filled. All but one of the reviews on eham give it a 5/5; the only exception is a 3/5 by someone who doesn't own one and *thinks* that the moving parts could present a maintenance and repair problem. -=- Alan AB2OS yeah what he said! I've had one for years, one of the first 3el yagis; I'm the guy in the QST review who said it "ignores ice". Even here near Austin, TX it ices up from time to time, and the fact the ice was not touching the radiators was obvious compared to some wire antennas I have. Someone can be over s-nine, hit the 180 button and they're noisy! I have ordered the 4 element addition, they said they'd ship Sep. Too late! Also I have the big vertical. The stepper motors are good for a huge number (10000's?) of cycles. This is seriously good stuff. H. NQ5H |
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