[TowerTalk] Re: Slopers, half slopers, (using the tower)

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji at contesting.com>
To: "Guy Olinger, K2AV" <olinger at bellsouth.net>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Re: Slopers, half slopers, (using the tower)


>> Slopers are notoriously variable in their performance.
> This is because
>> the tower itself is fully in play, as are the antennas on
> it.
> 
> That's why slopers worked against the tower should be called
> sloppers instead of slopers.
> 
> They are sloppy systems that generally, if they work at all,
> work by good fortune rather than proper design.
> 
> 73 Tom
I certainly spent hours with an analyzer trying to get it to tune.
Finally gave up.
But I did work VK0IR on 80 cw with it.
Surprised more than the heck out of me.