Gene I noticed the name of your laptop. I still one of those. That little
computer was a real forerunner.
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Wes Attaway - N5WA
Shreveport, LA
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From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> on behalf of Gene Smar via
TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2022 1:26:53 PM
To: w5prchuck@gmail.com <w5prchuck@gmail.com>; Towertalk Reflector
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 80 meter vertical or
TT:
I do what Chuck does for 80M - half-sloper wire - 1/4 wl long - hung off
the tower from about 50 FAGL. Coax shield to tower, center conductor to sloper
wire. It works well, i.e. low SWR except at upper band edge, and work what I
hear.
73 deGene Smar AD3F
Sent from my Radio Shack TRS-80 model 100 laptop
On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 1:48 PM, Chuck Dietz<w5prchuck@gmail.com> wrote:
Won’t need a tuner if the wire is cut to a quarter wavelength on 80. This
is called a “Half-Sloper” or “Quarter Wave” sloper. Should be plenty of
information about them online. Great DX antenna.
Chuck W5PR
On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 12:31 PM Phil G via TowerTalk <
towertalk@contesting.com> wrote:
> Or try one 30 degree sloping wire off the top of the tower. Feed the wire
> with center conductor and braid to tower. Needs a tuner.
> Phil
> W4NGU
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Aug 13, 2022, at 1:06 PM, n1bkb--- via TowerTalk <
> towertalk@contesting.com> wrote:
> >
> > I agree on the sloping dipole as a MUCH easier solution. You might
> want to consider using a ZS6BKW antenna installed as a sloper. I used one
> in that configuration for over a decade with the top at 75' and was
> constantly amazed at how well it worked, especially considering it cost
> less than $80 back when I bought it. It's 92'' long with coverage from 80m
> thru 6m and a tuner is only required on 80m & 15m. It's only unique
> requirement is that the 450-ohm ladder line connection needs to be fed with
> at least 100' of coax as a matching element to its function.
> > 73, Steve - N1BKB
> >
> > On Friday, August 12, 2022 at 01:41:28 PM PDT, S57AD <
> mirko.s57ad@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > How about a sloping dipole, Stephen? Upper half at 30° to the tower and
> > bottom half 30° from the ground , in the shape of extended V. I had
> > excellent experiences with such a dipole...
> >
> > 73 Mirko, S57AD
> >
> > V V pet., 12. avg. 2022 ob 22:22 je oseba STEPHEN L SALA <k7awb@msn.com>
> > napisala:
> >
> >> i have a rohn 45 up at 90 feet with a force 12 6-el the mag 620. i was
> >> thinking of a 80 meter vertical 60 feet or so in length away from the
> >> tower, a short distance held out there with one of those tower rods.
> how
> >> critical is the wire distance from the tower ? Do i do a 60 foot +-
> foot
> >> quarter wave vertical or an inverted el? to be coax fed only.
> >>
> >> 73
> >> Stephen
> >> K7awb
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