President / CEO at SteppIR Communication Systems. Amateur Radio Extra Class license holder, licensed since 1979.

Joined August 2017
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John Mertel retweeted
Congrats to radio team K7IR, winners of ARRL Sweepstakes SSB Low Power multi-op category, 2021! Team operators: Mike K7IR, Mike K7XH, Brian N9ADG, Adam K7EDX, John WA7IR. Location was remote with full emergency power use the entire contest. Antenna was DB42 Yagi from SteppIR.
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John Mertel retweeted
Our CEO and one of the original founders of SteppIR, John Mertel WA7IR is back on the phones and emails again! He just can't keep away from building relationships and talking about antennas with our fantastic customer base! #SteppIR #hamradio
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29 Aug 2022
The ham radio community lost a good one in Kurt Andress, K7NV. Kurt was a true friend of SteppIR and helped us out many times over the years. We hope the DX is great from heaven, Kurt!
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2 Feb 2022
Excited to be back on the front line of sales talking to hams about our products @stepp_ir !!
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4 Feb 2021
Had a great time participating in the winterfieldday.com event! Lots of people were doing the contest and we had a great team @stepp_ir running the portable station!
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4 Feb 2021
Her is a pic of the station setup -
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22 Jul 2019
Excited to attend @IEEE_ESP 2019, as we launch our auto-tune @stepp_ir antenna, the solution for MIL-STD-461G from 30-200 MHz, radiated susceptibility! globenewswire.com/news-relea…
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6 Nov 2018
Pretty cool, I wonder what year that was?
5 Nov 2018
This photo is amazing 👉 bit.ly/2y2fVmO A Japanese YL operating with the call J2IX. Here name was Sugita Chiyono 杉田千代乃.
11 Sep 2018
Still cranking out the @stepp_ir products, 18 years and counting! #HAMRADIO #AmateurRadio
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25 Aug 2018
I’m so proud that @stepp_ir has a partnership with team #Beam-Quest at the #TokyoHamFair ! Could not ask for a better group of professionals to promote our products at the beautiful @tokyobigsight !
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25 Aug 2018
.@stepp_ir is busy today at @tokyobigsight during #TokyoHamFair 2018!
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24 Aug 2018
.@stepp_ir is ready for action @tokyobigsight for #tokyohamfair 2018!!
23 Aug 2018
I thought @stepp_ir should check out the @tokyobigsight before the #tokyohamfair show, what better way than at 100 meters in the air!
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19 Aug 2018
Bullet train and beers, @stepp_ir doing it Japan style!
19 Aug 2018
I’m not positive if the shot I got to the left is actually Mt. Fuji? #tokyohamfair .@stepp_ir
17 Aug 2018
Heading to Japan for @stepp_ir to participate in 2018 #tokyohamfair, I am excited to chat with as many of the 35,000 attendees as I can!
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20 Nov 2017
Mike K7IR and Adam K7EDX bringing team @stepp_ir down the @arrl #sweepstakes2017 finish line!
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18 Nov 2017
Adam K7EDX using the @stepp_ir #optimizir on wide band setting for @arrl #sweepstakes2017 SSB
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John Mertel retweeted
Just unpacked our booth display for the @arrl #Pacificon #hamradio conference, and it looks amazing! See you this weekend. @PacificonOrg
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29 Sep 2017
Happy to announce @stepp_ir will be donating a #crankir to @PacificonOrg prize committee! We look forward to seeing you there! #HAMRadio
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