I misunderstood and assumed half-slopers. Autotuners wouldn't help much!
Kim N5OP
"People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the
music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
> On Aug 18, 2017, at 11:49, "john@kk9a.com" <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
>
> Unless the tower is resonant on 80m slopers should work fine. I think
> only half slopers are "weird creatures" because the tower and attached
> beams radiate.
>
> John KK9A
>
>
> To: "towertalk@contesting.com"
> Subject:Re: [TowerTalk] Broadbanding 80 meter dipole
> From: Kimberly Elmore
> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 20:16:33 +0000 (UTC)
>
> Rod's idea is by far the best. Slopers are weird creatures. While you can
> broadband antennas by making the elements with a large diameter (as in a
> cage)
> the mechanical complexity isn't worth it. If they absolutely positively
> must be
> resonant, well...
>
> Kim N5OP
>
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