My apologies for revisiting this thread, which was discussed briefly last
month.
I am tempted to try a sloper as the first Topband antenna from my new QTH
here in ZL, as it will be quicker to get going than a shunt feed to my mast,
but there were a couple of negative comments last month. These were mainly
to the effect that they (slopers) act more like low dipoles. Can anyone
elaborate on this? My first intuition is that a sloper should behave in
very similar fashion to an inverted L with the feed at the top of the
vertical section.
My antenna simulation software predicts very little difference in
performance between a sloper and a shunt fed vertical. Has anyone compared
them on the air?
73, Greg, ZL3IX
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