SNIP current portion Interesting observation Hasan. Another SIMPLE solution is my elevated GP trick, placing insulated 1/4 WL radials at 10 to 15 ft above ground, just like a sloper, but horizontal a
I assume your tower is set in flat ground. Thus, the tower, the antenna wire, and the ground make a large triangle. Since the angles of a triangle must sum up to 180 degrees, we have a 90 degree angl
Stephanie, Normally I don't say much on these reflectors because there are too many "experts" standing by waiting to tell me the theory of why my antennas don't work. Here are my experiences with 80
Your 80M example with a toploaded 70 ft tower and 60 ft attachment is very similar to my 80M sloper success with an 80 ft tower / TH6. To scale that to 160M would require a 140 to 160 ft tower with t
Whoops..Sorry didn't mean to post to the full list (missed the Cc). Excuse the bandwidth. Mick W4YV ________________________________________________________________________ This list is sponsored by
Hi All, If you do not want to learn how the sloper system works, don't read this. It is easy to see why your slopers DO work. First, you have big antennas and are on 80 meters. That means the antenna
Dumbest statement of the year! Happy New Year! Yuri ________________________________________________________________________ This list is sponsored by the new eHam.net Store. When you buy products li
8 turns of RG8U in a 6 inch diameter....no commericial balun Stephanie R. Koles WX3K wx3k@arrl.net http://www.qsl.net/wx3k Assistant Skywarn Coordinator Somerset County, NJ Mt. Holly Skywarn Technica
Yuri, Perhaps you would like to share why you think this is the "dumbest statement of the year" Stephanie R. Koles WX3K wx3k@arrl.net http://www.qsl.net/wx3k Dumbest statement of the year! Happy New
W8JI: >> Each of the unused slopers will act like a "counterpoise" for the K3BU: Dumbest statement of the year!<< WX3K: > Perhaps you would like to share why you think this is the "dumbest statement
Happy New Year Yuri.. Perhaps you'd like to expand a little, and enlighten another "Dummy" as to why you find Tom's statement so "Dumb"??? Thanks es 73 de John EI7BA _________________________________
Whether or not the unused slopers act as a counterpoise or not depends on the switching arrangement. If they are 'floating free', then you are right; however, if the unused slopers are electrically g
Yuri, You made an assumption about the configuration under discussion (as did Tom). The original poster did not specify if the unused 1/4 wave wires were grounded or floating (the switch boxes Tom de
Even if the unfed slopers are not grounded by the switchbox, there is some finite capacitance to ground through the length of coax going between the unfed sloper and the switchbox so the 'floating' c
Instead of giving Tom the award for "Dumbest Statement of the Year" perhaps we should give Yuri the award for "Cheapest Cheap Shot of the Year" :):) Mike, W4EF............... ________________________
And in this case the situation is further complicated because the tower is grounded at the 30-foot level by guy wires! 73, Pete N4ZR The revised World Contest Station Database is online at www.pvrc.o
Actually it is very difficult to not couple the unused slopers to the tower, because they are very close to the tower. I certain agree they they MIGHT not have been coupled at all, but the likelihoo
it's quite pointless to give out "of the Year" awards on Jan 2nd anyway:)) They'll both be out from top 100 by the end for sure:) But if I was Yuri, I would think twice next time attacking Tom again.
My tower is 65 feet with a Mosley Pro95 beam sitting just above the thrust bearing. The "Half-Sloper" is hung at a 45 degree down at the 50 foot level.....about 128 feet of wire...fed at the 50 foot
Stephanie, My half sloper system is very similar to yours (I cut the sloper about 10 feet longer than calculated) and as N5AR suggested I trimmed it for best SWR in the portion of the band I was most