I'm in the same boat, the vertical is the only option I have here and why 
that works no one can understand.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: Sloper Antenna theory


>        Mike:
>
> This is a very helpful e-mail, and I'm going to keep it for future
> reference.
>
> I fully realize these are compromise antennas at best, and sure wish I 
> could
> do something different.
>
> My problem is the way my lot is situated in relation to my house and 
> others
> in the neighborhood.
>
> At one point, when I was playing around with my ill-fated Carolina Windom
> 160 compact from Radiowerks, I did have the permission of a neighbor to 
> put
> one end of it in one of her trees, so that may be worth pursuing again at
> some point.
>
> Anyway, I appreciate your feedback and that of others on the list as well.
>
> I just wish I had a nice long lot to work with!
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 7:00 AM
> Subject: Re: Sloper Antenna theory
>
>
>> First, for any antenna, by changing the length of the feed line, you
>> move the point along the voltage curve of the feed line at which you
>> are measuring the SWR when that measurement is taken at the back of
>> the radio, rather than at the antenna feedpoint. So, you are basically
>> fooling the transmitter.
> .....>
>>