Well, it will be interesting to see if I can get this sloper working at 
all.

We did some work on it today, and it is starting to look better, but it 
still needs to be tweaked quite a bit.

I also am finding that it will be very narrow.  That's not a surprise for 
me, but I'll have to think about where on the band I'll want to operate to 
get the most use out of it once I get it tuned.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: Need help in making sense out of contradictory SWR readings


>I don't think that 160 will be nearly as good this winter as in previous
> winters, with the increased solar activity.  Having said that, I worked
> Poland on 75-meter SSB with 100 watts last night, so the low bands are not 
> a
> completely lost cause.
>
> Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
> Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
> Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators 
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Tom Behler
>> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 9:12 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Need help in making sense out of contradictory SWR readings
>>
>>     Wow, Pat, that sounds like a really neat antenna.
>>
>> I'm going to get on 160 again yet this Fall or Winter one way or the
>> other.
>>
>> I just wish I had more property, but an inverted L.  like Mike is
>> suggesting
>> ultimately might be my best way to go.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 6:54 PM
>> Subject: Re: Need help in making sense out of contradictory SWR readings
>>
>>
>> > Probably my best 160 antennna was a home brew vertical, about 40 feet
>> > high.  A friend fabricated some parts; a floor flange attached to an
>> > insulator, but I forget just how now, because this was forty years
>> > ago!!  Between the flange was an insulator, thick fiberglass and then
>> > another flange, back to back with the first.  These were held
>> > together by nylon, or some other synthetic bolts.  On top of that was
>> > water pipe, perhaps a 21 foot length.  On top of that the loading
>> > coil from an old higain vertical, rewound with a lot of #12 enemeled
>> > wire.  On top of that, was the rest of the Hygain antenna.  I
>> > remember the capacity hat, four metal spokes were mounted just above
>> > the loading coil, effectively lengthening the antenna.  The bottom of
>> > the antenna was fed with insulated #12 wire to the transmitter, just
>> > inside the shack, only a few feet from the base of the antenna.  The
>> > wire terminated in an old broadcast variable capacitor, (Mike
>> > remembers them)!! and the other side went to the antenna output of
>> > the transmitter.  I know, transmitter and A M on top of it!!  The
>> > ground system was a ground rod and a few random length radials spaded
>> > in to the ground.  That antenna really got out and I could adjust it
>> > perfectly to whatever frequency I needed with the variable cap.  Some
>> > experimentation was needed with the loading coil and cap. to get the
>> > tuning range inside of the range of the cap.
>> > Wish I had that antenna back again.
>> > Pat, K9JAu
>