Topband: 160m Sloper on Crank-up tower

[Herb Schoenbohm]

Michael W Elliott wrote:
> I am trying to use a 160m  sloper on a  TRI-EX  54 foot crank-up tower.  
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> Any help would be appreciated.
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> 54 feet is a little short but with a beam on top you may be close to having a functioning vertical.  With three or four 5 foot metal speaders at the top I would drop wires to the ground in the form of a cage.  Make sure the coax and rotor cables are all grounded or chocked at the base. I would not at first worry about finding the sweet point in the form of a tap to the tower.  You already have a unipole with the cage connected at the top of the steel and your grounded coax or a single wire will provide the return path to ground, which ever is easier. Use a CLC network to match the tower or use an impedance bridge to save time.  You will fid that even a 54 foot top loaded vertical is most likely a better DX performer than a cloud warming sloper.
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73 and good luck.......Herb, KV4FZ