Topband: Alpha Delta sloper (DX B)

[navydude1962 at yahoo.com]

To amplify. This will go up on a 70' tower with lots if top loading.   AD recommends putting it at the top of the tower. 

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On Nov 19, 2011, at 12:14, "Mike & Coreen Smith" <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

> ED,
>  
> I had up an Alpha-Delta DX-A Twin sloper...I think it was the A model not the B model.
> It was on a 48' tower only  at the 26' mark.  Some big 6m beams up on the top.
> It worked "OK" but not great....had it on 3  different towers usually around the 30'(ish) mark.
> Before I owned it, another ham had it up @ the 48' mark and again...."meh".....not the greatest
> but certainly better than a low dipole.  IE: Your tower provides the other half of the antenna.
>  
> VE9AA
>  
> Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
> 699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
> NB
> Canada
> E6L 1T1
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: navydude1962 at yahoo.com
> To: w0rihps at sbcglobal.net
> Cc: ZR ; <topband at contesting.com> ; Bruce
> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 1:42    PM
> Subject: Topband: Alpha Delta sloper (DX B)
> 
> Has anybody tried one of these on 160m?  Thoughts appreciated.  
> 
> 73
> Ed NI6S
> 
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> On Nov 19, 2011, at 9:39, "Price Smith" <w0rihps at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> > not conduct well. If it is not possible to drive a rod all the way in, avoid
> > 
> > leaving a large amount above the ground. (Short metal lengths can pick up 
> > signals like AM car radio antennas    did years ago)
> > 
> > 
> > Carl and all,
> > 
> > For safety reasons ground rods should NOT stick out of the ground. If one
> > would fall on one it would do some serious damage.
> > I dig a hole about 1 foot deep and drive the rod to below ground level. They
> > go in easy in most soils with a large impact hammer. 
> > 
> > 73 Price W0RI
> > 
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