[TenTec] Sloper

[Rick Westerman]

Sinsa, I do not agree with you.  I believe it will work better if
grounded.
However, to be honest, I am not 100% sure and if it turns out you
are right, then I shall learn something useful.

As I see it, if that piece is not grounded, then it needs to be
resonant (which it is not).

I have not played with this antenna much, other than to use
"normal" half slopers against a grounded tower.
That's why I insist that the vertical wire must be grounded ( I
know it works ).
If there is something that works better, please enlighten us!
(TNX)

73
Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Sinisa Hristov
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 11:21 PM
To: Rick at dj0ip.de; tentec at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Sloper

Rick Westerman wrote:

> Whatever it is, if it is not of metal, then you need to run a
> vertical wire down it and then ground it as good as you can.

If there has to be vertical wire, it would be much wiser
NOT to ground it.  RF power forced into soil produces no signal.

So called "half-slopper" antenna is a dipole (as most antennas
are)
deformed somewhat and with one leg end grounded. This was not
born
out of search for quality or efficiency, it was merely a
practical patch.


73,

Sinisa  YT1NT, VA3TTN
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