You might be very aware of your energy expenses in the living areas of your home but it s important to pay attention to the attic too or all your hard work could literally blow out the roof.
Stepeir ir in attic.
It loads and does an excellent job on all bands 40 6 3 4.
My current set up uses a coax trap dipole folded up in my attic i can see where such a set up with a stepper ir dipole might be about all you can do in i was unaware that the stepperir had upgraded its multiband antenna to science design and performance of 2 band trapped dipole antennas including trap design.
I work a lot of dx on 80 watts but tend to miss what s close in on 20m less than 700 miles.
Load cap 7 8 10 3 home.
While impressed with the design and reports of good performance friend don kasten n4dk waited until steppir announced the 30 40 meter element availability on their popular 3el antenna.
Attic ladder pull down folding stairs wood steps ceiling access 7 to 8 3 4 high 136 75 22 5 in.
The idea of having an effectively infinite number of monoband antennas covering 6 through 40 meters was very appealing.
I will update on longevity in the future.
Ahh the 80 s.
Seriously the benefits of attic ventilation for controlling roof deck temperature and ice dams in northern climates has been known and studied for decades.
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Don placed his order for a new 3el steppir with the 30 40m element on april 4 2006.
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I would have thought 40m would have been the most reactive given the length of the ac mains wiring runs but instead it s 6m.
I cannot get below 4 1 swr.
Today we announced the all new steppir w ir eless remote driver board which uses radio links to replace control cable normally required to operate the antenna.
Even though my attic has metal ducts and ac mains wiring i m able to tune up with reasonable swr 10m through 40m without any issues.
We are incredibly excited to release this product and bring steppir products into the wireless world.