Re: [Elecraft] k3 STEPPIR 6Meters

2021-05-02 Thread Jim Brown
On 5/2/2021 5:42 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: That modification is by GM3SEK (about 2015). Yes, I remember that, and it looked good. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] k3 STEPPIR 6Meters

2021-05-02 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
In my design, you can make the changes to a steppir on a tower if you can reach your passive 6M element. You don't have to order any parts to make this work. The GM3SEK modification can also be made "on the tower" as both the new elements are less than 4 feet from the mast. Ian spent

Re: [Elecraft] k3 STEPPIR 6Meters

2021-05-02 Thread Dr. William J. Schmidt
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] k3 STEPPIR 6Meters On 2021-05-02 3:59 AM, turnbull wrote:> Dear OMs and YLs,I believe if you check online there is a > modification to mounting the additional parasitic element possibly > even adding yet another which is supposed to greatl

Re: [Elecraft] k3 STEPPIR 6Meters

2021-05-02 Thread Michael Walker
I added the 6M element and wasn't happy with the performance. I remodelled it and I was able to improve a number of things and posted the measurements on my QRZ page if you are interested. Not only did it model better it performed better and loaded better as the SWR was lower. A bunch of my

Re: [Elecraft] k3 STEPPIR 6Meters

2021-05-02 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
On 2021-05-02 3:59 AM, turnbull wrote:> Dear OMs and YLs,I believe if you check online there is a modification to mounting the additional parasitic element possibly even adding yet another which is supposed to greatly improve the three element SteppIR six meter performance over that of the

Re: [Elecraft] k3 STEPPIR 6Meters

2021-05-02 Thread turnbull
element.As I have a four element SteppIR, this has not been tried here.Worth investigating.73 Doug EI2CNSent from my Galaxy Original message From: Frederick Dwight Date: 02/05/2021 05:08 (GMT+00:00) To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] k3 STEPPIR 6Meters Sent from

Re: [Elecraft] k3 STEPPIR 6Meters

2021-05-02 Thread Jim Brown
On 5/1/2021 9:05 PM, Frederick Dwight wrote: If you do not have the added 6 meter element it should be a worthwhile addition. I think it makes the 3 element antenna a 4 element antenna on 6 meters and greatly improves the F/B ratio and adds a small gain. Yes, if you can't afford (or can't

[Elecraft] k3 STEPPIR 6Meters

2021-05-01 Thread Frederick Dwight
Sent from Mail for Windows 10 If you do not have the added 6 meter element it should be a worthwhile addition. I think it makes the 3 element antenna a 4 element antenna on 6 meters and greatly improves the F/B ratio and adds a small gain. I have not added this to my Yagi, since I seldom