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1. Topband: 160 sloper readings (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 19:10:17 -0400; Folks, I'm starting to get ready for the upcoming winter frolics on 160. The 160 antenna is a sloper and I have somewhere around 50 or so 130' radials pretty much buried under 6-7 years of leaves. Wh; /archives//html/Topband/2018-08/msg00083.html (7,098 bytes)
2. Re: Topband: 160 sloper readings (score: 1): Author: Jeff Blaine <KeepWalking188@ac0c.com>; Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 20:34:21 -0500; Unless you have no BC stations for 200 miles distant, making measurements with an MFJ259 on 160m is going to give you unreliable readings. The overload threshold on that band is extreemly low. 73/je; /archives//html/Topband/2018-08/msg00084.html (7,860 bytes)
3. Re: Topband: 160 sloper readings (score: 1): Author: Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av.guy@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 22:51:00 -0400; Hi, Gary. It is not clear from your description exactly how the "sloper" is fed, where the radials are in relation to the tower, etc. Quite a few things could be responsible for a change like that. N; /archives//html/Topband/2018-08/msg00085.html (12,207 bytes)
4. Re: Topband: 160 sloper readings (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2018 00:05:00 -0400; Hi Guy, No tower here, can't have one. The antennas are all wire on or hanging from trees. The radials are in a forest, not anywhere I can leafblow them. 1/2 of the radials are in a tick infested mar; /archives//html/Topband/2018-08/msg00086.html (16,417 bytes)
5. Re: Topband: 160 sloper readings (score: 1): Author: "VK3HJ" <vk3hj_luke@barefoothorse.com.au>; Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2018 17:00:47 +1000; What wire have you used for the radiator? Could it have stretched? Luke VK3HJ _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband; /archives//html/Topband/2018-08/msg00087.html (7,071 bytes)
6. Re: Topband: 160 sloper readings (score: 1): Author: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>; Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2018 15:08:13 -0400; Hi Luke, No, no stretch in this stuff, I'm using WD-1A field telephone wire for the wire and it has a stainless core in each of the two wires. It's exceedingly tough stuff and for most intents it's a; /archives//html/Topband/2018-08/msg00089.html (7,673 bytes)

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