[Antennas] Slopers

Sat, 24 Aug 2002 12:03:06 -0400

I have used them on many occasions, had a 20 meter one oriented with the
high end at 35' to the South West and the lower end at 15' to the North
East from Jacksonville Florida, it was a great antenna into Europe.

Dave
WA4EMR
Sterling Heights, MI

At 09:07 AM 8/24/02 -0500, Terry Fletcher wrote:
>Has anyone had any experience with  dipole slopers?  I've used one with=20
>good (I think) results from a mountain location in Colorado.  But  I=20
>didn't have any other antennas for comparison.  This was  a 20M  dipole=20
>with a tree being the support .  The high end was about 20 feet up, the=20
>angle was about 30-40 degrees, and the low end was about 5 feet off the=20
>ground. I sloped to the East.  I was able to have regular sked with an=20
>Iowa station in the mornings and worked Sweden . This during Mid July to=20
>Mid August.. Has anyone modeled a sloping dipole similar to this? =20
>
>Mke Burger at the University of Hawaii at Monoa's ham radio club, UHAM,=20
>has modeled verticals and dipoles, and has a lot of good comparison=20
>info, and insights, on the clubs web site,  =20
>http://www.chem.hawaii.edu/uham/index.html.  He shows that a horizontal=20
>dipole up 3/8 wavelength is hard to beat.
>
>Thanx for any comments,  Terry,  WA=D8ITP  =20
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