In a message dated 1/15/06 8:26:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Mike Mertel, K7IR, developed what I believe is one the most innovative new > antenna ideas in years if not in decades. The U.S. Patenet office > apparently agrees and awarded him a patent for it. Mike is an Electrical > Engineer but I don't believe he worked in the antenna field before starting > SteppIR. That was born from his interest in ham radio. > > www.steppir.com > Clever application of long understood and applied techniques. Original and innovative but hardly a state of the art advance. Dennis D. W7QHO Glendale, CA

