[Elecraft] OT: Sloper Dipole Question

Mon Jun 23 17:50:01 2003

Stuart, during most Fox Hunts on both 40 and 20, I have seen the "preferred
antenna" change several times within a 5-minute period. Multiple antenna
types and locations and a good heavy-duty coax switch are essential tools!

73/72, George
Amateur Radio W5YR -  the Yellow Rose of Texas
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13QE
"In the 57th year and it just keeps getting better!"
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart Rohre" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: Re:[Elecraft] OT: Sloper Dipole Question

> And tomorrow it might work better the other way around.
> The Handbooks show it conventionally with the center of coax to higher
part
> of a sloping dipole, but propagation may vary signals more than you can
tell
> by only two contacts.
> That's what makes antennas so much fun!   You can try something else
easily
> but should give all antennas a fair shake of some months of use before
> reaching conclusions.
> Performance of any antenna at HF can be seen to vary over a 15 to 20
minute
> cycle due to propagation effects.
> -K5KVH
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