Steppir BigIR – Updates on my failures
It has now been a little over one year since my last repair on the Steppir BigIR with 80m coil kit. ZERO problems in this time 🙂 As I posted one year ago, I...
Author: Alan Dewey
80 meter problem is NOT Steppir’s fault!
At the beginning of February my Steppir Biggir with 80m coil kit failed again. That was the bad news. The good news is that we can learn from failure. I now believe that I...
Repairing a Steppir Biggir Vertical – part 6 – Rebuilding the EHU again – the final fix :-)
Update April 2021 I now believe that I know exactly what has caused these failures. It is NOT the manufacturer’s fault ! Jump to the ‘solution’ here https://blog.secondhandradio.com/2021/02/steppir-biggir-failed-again/ the first 6 articles in this...
Repairing a Steppir Biggir Vertical – part 5 – Rebuilding the EHU
Update April 2021 I now believe that I know exactly what has caused these failures. It is NOT the manufacturer’s fault ! Jump to the ‘solution’ here https://blog.secondhandradio.com/2021/02/steppir-biggir-failed-again/ the first 6 articles in this...
Repairing a Steppir Biggir Vertical – part 4 – The Failure Point
Update April 2021 I now believe that I know exactly what has caused these failures. It is NOT the manufacturer’s fault ! Jump to the ‘solution’ here https://blog.secondhandradio.com/2021/02/steppir-biggir-failed-again/ the first 6 articles in this...
Repairing a Steppir Biggir Vertical – part 3 – Chasing My Tail
UPDATE April 2021 I now believe that I know exactly what has caused these failures. It is NOT the manufacturer’s fault ! Jump to the ‘solution’ here https://blog.secondhandradio.com/2021/02/steppir-biggir-failed-again/ the first 6 articles in this...
Repairing a Steppir Biggir Vertical – part 2 – rebuilding the 80 meter coil assembly
UPDATE April 2021 I now believe that I know exactly what has caused these failures. It is NOT the manufacturer’s fault ! Jump to the ‘solution’ here https://blog.secondhandradio.com/2021/02/steppir-biggir-failed-again/ The first 6 articles in this...
Repairing a Steppir Biggir Vertical – part 1 – Diagnosing the Failure
I do not know what caused this disaster to begin. I will assume that somewhere along the line I did something wrong. Why? Because I had been happily using the Steppir Biggir with 80...