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Re: SteppIr reliability
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"Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 28 Aug 2015 10:04:38 -0700
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Is that a contest station?


Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Colin McDonald
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 9:38 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: SteppIr reliability

that's big, but not quite as big as the 26 tower super station operated by 
Ve6JY.
Talk about an antenna farm...

73
Colin, V A6BKX
-----Original Message----- 
From: Alan R. Downing
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 9:32 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: SteppIr reliability

Neil, Stan is a good friend of mine who, until August 3, 2015, lives in
Hawaii.  He always dreamed of having a spectacular station, and since he
sold his business and retired, was in a position to realize his dream.
Toward that end, he purchased a farm in north west Florida, about 30 miles
north of Pensacola.  About a year and a half ago, Stan and I began designing
and equipping his dream station.  We worked literally every day on the
project, and by July of this year, we had purchased all of the hardware.
When I use the term "we", I mean that Stan had purchased everything that was
necessary to put up the station that he and I designed.  With all of the
hardware purchased and staged at his farm, Stan and his wife moved from
Hawaii to the Florida farm.  Construction has already begun, and by November
of this year we expect to have the first 5 towers up and running.
Eventually the plan calls for a total of 12 towers, including 3 200 foot
rotating towers, plus 4 squares and various receive arrays for 80 meters and
160 meters.  The station will have multiple stacks on every band 160 thru 6
meters.  It will be one of the largest stations in the U.S.  I won't state
the precise cost of the station, but the hardware alone has cost several
hundred grand.


Alan - N7MIT



Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Neil Sablatzky
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 4:54 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: SteppIr reliability

Who is Stan, KH6CG/W4, and what is his goals for doing this? Why so many
ant=
ennas?
73 Neil K8IT

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> On Aug 28, 2015, at 1:33 AM, Alan R. Downing <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Stan, KH6CG/W4, to

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