Hi Guys I'd appreciate your recommendations on building a Half Sloper for 160-m. I realize that some folk have had excellent results with Half Slopers and others have had terrible results with them!
Answer 1: Likely so, although with a half sloper the tower and everything connected to it becomes part of a complex radiating system so it's pretty much a crap shoot what the interactions are. Answer
With a half sloper, the tower radiates as well as the wire and the result may be good or bad depending on the tower configuration. The only way to know the pattern is the model the system or build it
-- . Suggestion 1: Why not shunt feed your 90' tower? I'd bet it would knock the socks off any sloper or Inverted-L hung from that same tower, and it isn't any more difficult to build. 73, Dave AB7E
Question 2: I have a 90' tower with a Tribander on top which makes it very close to a 1/4 wave for 160-m. I installed an Inverted L on this tower with 85' vertical and the Inv. L radiating efficiency
Dick, I have successfully used full size half slopers on 160m for years. On my 110 ft tower the half slopers are anchored at the 100 ft level and they come off the tower at about a 45 degree angle an
Hi Dick - I can just tell you my experience. I"m using 3 quarterwave slopers from a 100 foot tower on 160. A rely box at the top of the tower selects which of the three is on the coax. Coax shield is
tell us............ ......How well does it work? Tell us the kind of stuff you can work on the air. BILL K2OWR _______________________________________________ _______________________________________
Hi Dick - A correction and some additional points. Correction - I mentioned once 40 foot 160 m slopers. That should be 140 foot. Additional point(s) - the tower is grounded with four ground rods, I h
Hi Bill - Number 1 - I operate only SSB Number 2 - I don't get up early so I don't work the ZL's and VK's on short path Number 3 - I have an Icom 756P2 and a home brew single 8877 at about 1.5 KW. Nu