[Elecraft] OT: Sloper Dipole Question

[Charles Bland]

Well Gents....let me tell ya....

I just took my now infamous sloper out to the Park across from my house, s=
trung 
it in a tree (center-fed end down) and got 5/9 report from Marin County, C=
A 
(I'm in Sacramento) and 4/8 report from Salt Lake City on 40M with 10 watt=
s.

I think I'm leaning toward the "it doesn't matter" camp.

Thanks again guys for the discussion and comments.

Chuck

Note Len Koppl's stunning brilliance and Chuck's apt reply (gack!)

From:           	"Len Koppl" <koppl@oco.net>
To:             	<elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject:        	Re:[Elecraft] OT: Sloper Dipole Question
Date sent:      	Fri, 20 Jun 2003 20:33:27 -0600

> >But Len, the dipole nor any antenna can be taken out of its environment=
 if
> >sloping toward real earth, and not in arbitrary space.
> 
> >One end will be lower impedance to earth because of its closer distance=
,
> and
> >the current distribution will change from the classic dipole.  This in =
some
> >poor earth areas may make little difference, but do not generalize that
> >there is no difference.  The sloper is well known to tilt the pattern
> >favoring the direction of the lower leg with its higher current than th=
e
> >upper leg.  (lower impedance will result in higher current).
> >73,
> >Stuart K5KVH
> 
> Hi Stuart,
> My response was to whether the 'center conductor leg' or 'outer braid le=
g'
> side of the sloper should be up.  The practical answer is that it can be
> either way, and no one will be able to tell the difference.
> 
> 73,
> Len, KD=D8RC
> 
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