[TowerTalk] Quarter Wave Sloper (half sloper)

[Mike]

Edward Sylvester wrote:
> Been trying to get up to speed on these...Learned that height is not important, as it's the tower that will radiate, primarily.  My tower is 70' with a Steppir 3 ele and other assorted antennas for VHF, all on a 10' mast.  Looking at the Alpha Delta DX-B, which would give me 30/40/80/160m.  Has anybody installed one of these on a 70' tower?  If so, what height was ideal?  Would like to do this right the first time....Thanks.
>
> Ed NI6S
Ed -
I had one of those. I never got it to work even moderately well. As I 
recall, it was mounted at 35 feet, which is what I remember the 
instructions called for. That said, my rememberer isn't too trustworthy 
these days.
I'm now using  1/4 wave slopers on 160/80 fed at about 65-65 feet on my 
80' tower sharing a feedpoint. For 40 I have a dipole suspended from about
60 feet so it's mostly vertical.
HTH
73. Mike NF4L