If you get a SteppIr, you will love it.  The two SteppIrs that I have owned
have been the best antennas I have had in my 50 plus years of being a ham.
Ham radio is an expensive hobby, all things considered.  If your goal is to
have a high performance world class station, it will definitely cost you.

Alan - N7MIT



Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Chuck Lester
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 9:08 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Hex Beams, cheap?

Hey gang,

I'm making plans to own a Stepir.  This will mean playing bingo, five nights

a week, for the next three years.  Multiple cards, each game.  (smiles).
Chuck wa8vmo

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From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 10:09 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Hex Beams, cheap?

> Believe me, $500 to $700 for a yagi is way cheap.  Decent monoband yagis
> these days cost well over $4,000, and many are as much as $10,000.  The
> SteppIr DB36 and DB42 are cheap when you consider that they cover 80 thru 
> 6
> meters in a single yagi.  Stan just bought 3 80 meter yagis for his 
> Florida
> station that begins construction in July.  Each of them cost him $10,000.
> Each of his 4 20 meter yagis cost him $4700, and they gave him a
> multi-antenna discount.
> Cheap is of course relative, but anything under a grand in the grand 
> scheme
> of things is dirt cheap.
>
> Alan - N7MIT
>
>
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Jim Shaffer
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 6:53 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Hex Beams, cheap?
>
> I'd like one of those Steppir DB36 beams.  They only cost around $5,000. 
> Of
>
> course then I'd want a 40 meter tower to put it on.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Mike Duke, K5XU
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 7:46 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Hex Beams, cheap?
>
> The ones I have seen range in price from right around $500 to above $700.
>
> In other words, they are priced right up there with the other
> triditional 2 and 3 element tri band yagis.
>
> There hasn't been a cheap Yagi since the Gonthom. Anyone who admits to
> remembering those knows the real meaning of "cheap junk."
>
> -- 
> Mike Duke, K5XU
>
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