I'm not a big fan of SteppIR a little overpriced and for me their beams were not a good choice because of the Stepper motors a lot of ice and wind here. Service issues would be a problem also no tower for me lol. I did look at that it looks like a fiberglass windsock pole and a fishing reel would work about the same and they are 31'.
Fred/N0AZZ From: David McAnally [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 9:29 AM To: Fred Smith Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Best Portable Antenna I don't recall seeing anyone mention the new CrankIR portable vertical antenna from SteppIR. Supposed to be available this spring. Scroll down on their home page to see the announcement. http://www.steppir.com/ Personally, I use a home made 80M OCF dipole at the moment. Regards, David McAnally WD5M On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 3:36 AM, Fred Smith <[email protected]> wrote: To the Group I received so many helpful ideas and solid advise it's hard to single out a single one for the best.......All I can say I received the best ideas here than from any other spot many thanks to those who replied. This is why I recommend Elecraft to anyone who asks is the company in general and those on this forum for help. Product quality seems to follow after these other things, but it really helps. In summery I have decided I need at least 3 antennas for portable use depending on conditions, just as I would at home. It looks like I made a good decision when ordering to order the duel binding post BNC connector in fact a spare is in order I think. I have stocked up on several BNC's since the purchase of my KX3/K3's and preamps and such quality ones can be quite costly but I hate cheapies. Thx & 73 to all, Fred/N0AZZ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
