Ron,

A few months ago I  offered the suggestion that Stan might be interested 
in adopting a almost 60 year old, blind, bald-headed dufus.  I'm still 
waiting to hear back.   All other  suggestions need to get in line 
behind me.

73, Steve KW3A

On 8/28/2015 10:17 AM, Dr. Ronald E. Milliman wrote:
> Alan, I wonder if your friend Stan would consider, as an alternative or
> additional use of his fortunes, the idea of establishing a grant fund in his
> name in association with an organization such as HandiHams with the
> objective of providing matching grants to people with disabilities with
> limited funds to purchase needed ham gear, e.g. transceivers, antennas, etc.
> Just think of how much good he could do for other people, and in the
> process, achieve a great deal of personal satisfaction knowing that he has
> used his wealth, in part, for the good of others who are less fortunate.
> Since I, personally, do not believe in "free-stuff handouts," your friend
> could make his grant fund a matching grant; that is, recipients of each
> grant would have to put up 50% of the cost of whatever they were requesting
> the grant for. In that way, each recipient would have a vested interest in
> whatever they were purchasing and your friend's funds would assist twice as
> many people.
>
> Ron, K8HSY
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Alan R. Downing
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 12:34 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: SteppIr reliability
>
> As you all know, I have been working with Stan, KH6CG/W4, to design and
> equip his super station in north west Florida.  Among the antennas that are
> being installed are a dozen SteppIrs in different models.  Currently, and
> for a brief period only, Stan has a DB18E on a 85 foot tower.  By the time
> that you add the rotor and mast, the DB18E is up at about 98 feet.  The next
> tower to go up in about a month, will be a stacked pair of DB42s, the
> largest SteppIr model.  The bottom DB42 will be at 60 feet, and the upper
> one at 120 feet.  After that, there will be a stack of 6 three element
> SteppIrs going up on a 200 foot rotating tower.  Then there will be several
> more SteppIrs, probably DB36es on towers for each of 3 guest bedrooms.  I
> will report back on how reliable this sizable group of SteppIrs turns out to
> be.  We fully expect the yagis to perform well, and without problems.
> However, just in case there are any failures, Stan has purchased spares of
> each model which will be fully assembled and ready to go up in a moment's
> notice.    Stay tuned.
>
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> Alan - N7MIT
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> Alan R. Downing
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> Phoenix, AZ
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