Topband: Shunt feed vs sloper

[k6se@juno.com]

Greg, ZL3IX wrote:

"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?"
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Yes, I have on 80 meters.  The sloper was mediocre to good.  When I shunt
fed the tower on 80m it was #1 in pileups most of the time - a super
antenna!

Modeling shows that a 1/4-wave sloper really is a vertical because most
of the radiation is from the tower supporting the sloper.

73, de Earl, K6SE
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