[Elecraft] OT: Sloper Dipole Question

[k6se@juno.com]

Karl, W8TIF wrote:

"Just put the center conductor of the coaxial feedline (unbalanced) to
the sloping antenna element and bond the shield of the coax to the tower
or other metallic support (check your ARRL Handbook for more info)."
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Karl is talking about the "half-sloper" which is a quarter-wave sloper,
however the original post was about a half-wave sloping (or vertical)
dipole fed at its center.

He is correct on how you would feed a half-sloper, but be aware that the
major radiation from this type of an antenna is from the tower and *not*
from the wire.  It can be looked upon as another method of shunt-feeding
a tower.  A tower which is shunt-fed in the normal manner will outperform
the half-sloper.

73, de Earl, K6SE