Alan,
Good for you. You've gotten to the pearl in the shell. Satisfying one's
soul while still breathing air and the capacity to appreciate that
satisfaction is part of the joy of being on the planet. Your friend Stan is
achieving a dream, without trampling anyone else along the way. Good for
him too.
Chuck wa8vmo
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From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 2:27 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Hex Beams, cheap?
> Colin, you are absolutely correct here. My friend Stan that begins
> construction on his super station in Florida in July, receives emails from
> goofballs complaining that he is spending several hundred grand on his ham
> station, instead of on something else. They apparently think that their
> preference of spending money is more right than his. Stan has told me
> several times that he has dreamed of having a super station all of his
> life,
> and now that he is retired and can afford it, he is going to have it. I
> say
> more power to him.
>
> Alan - N7MIT
>
>
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Colin McDonald
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 10:32 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Hex Beams, cheap?
>
> Alan is right.
> However, one can make the analogy with cars:
> you can own a perfectly serviceable car, maybe a few years old, but runs
> well and gets you from point A to B in comfort and without too much
> maintenance. You may spend a few thousand on this car as an initial
> outlay
> of money.
>
> Or, you can own a ferari, lamborgini or other high performance sports car
> which will do precisely the same as your 4000 dollar car, that is, get you
> from point A to B in comfort...
>
> Except, with the family sedan you won't have the bragging rights, or the
> sheer power and performance offered by the other high end cars.
> The same is true with ham radio.
> If you want the super high performance, you pay for it, and if you are
> satisfied with the sedan, no problem. They'll both get you on the air and
> making contacts...but one will help you make thousands, perhaps hundreds
> of
> thousands of contacts, and the other will be good for a couple hundred a
> year. It's perspective and one isn't any more right or wrong than the
> other.
> Those who can afford it, have the right to have it. Those who can't
> afford
> it must be satisfied with what they can have. Simple.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan R. Downing
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 11:20 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Hex Beams, cheap?
>
> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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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