Jim Miller WB5OXQ in Waco wrote:
> I have not had time to build a new antenna for 160 so I tried the DX
> sloper. I could hear pretty well with several stations over S9 so I tried
> throwing my call in a couple of times at 100 watts and got no response. I
> hesitate to use much power on the sloper because NU5D warned me his end
> insulator caught fire. Anyway I tried again at 500 watts, still nobody
> could hear me so I risked it and tried 1kw, still no response. Then I
> figured if this antenna is so worthless I will try again pushing the
> limit but still got no response at 1500+ so this antenna must be totally
> worthless. I cannot get any higher than 60' for the center and one tower
> has too many antennas on it to try to use it for a vertical and my other
> tower is a crankup 3 section. I plan to try the linear loaded dipole soon
> and see if it will work.
> WB5OXQ
1. 160 can have weird conditions where you think you are not
getting out, or the other station is listening on a beverage
pointed away from you. You should try more stations in different
directions.
2. Keep it simple and use a vertical. It will work better than
a DX sloper, whatever that is, or a linear loaded dipole.
3. Why is it you think you can't shunt feed your crankup tower?
Rick N6RK
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