[TowerTalk] 160m Slopers

[Chuck Dietz]

Follow up on feeding two slopers with one feedline.  It did NOT work.
Impedence way off (probably because they were close to the same length). I
cut one off and the other one worked great. I didn't even need to adjust
the length! Getting about 100 kHz bandwidth with the top at about 130' on a
150' tower.

Chuck W5PR

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 6:42 PM, Chuck Dietz <w5prchuck at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a 140' tower with several beams on it and I want to get back on
> 160m.  I want to put up a 1/4 WL sloper, but my experience has been that it
> will only barely cover 1/2 the band.  I have measured out two slopers, one
> 133' long and the other 127' long. Can I feed both together with the same
> feedline? (Adjusting the longer one first.)  Or, should I just "bite the
> bullet" and make two slopers to the antenna switch? I only have 4 ports on
> the switch so I want to only use one for this if its not going to be a
> compromise.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chuck W5PR
>