[Elecraft] OT: Sloper Dipole Question

[Vic Rosenthal]

Charles Bland wrote:


> My handy-dandy 1988 ARRL Handbook shows a picture of this antenna, but doesn't 
> tell me which part of the antenna goes "up"; the side fed by the center 
> conductor of the coax or the shield side.

Well, you would want the side with the highest current to be up.  I 
wouldn't be surprised if this turned out to depend on the length of the 
feedline.  Of course, you could use a balun and it wouldn't matter.

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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA