Hi All,

I just want to give a short review of my new antenna.  It is the Alpha Delta
DX-A also known as the twin sloper.  This antenna consists of two wire
elements attached to a center mounting plate.  One of these is approximately
67 feet long which works on 80 meters and the other is 55 feet long with a
coil/trap arrangement in it called an iso-res inductor.  This element works
on 40 and 160 meters.  The antenna attaches to one leg of a tower or can
also be mounted to a nonconductive support.  It uses the tower as the ground
return so if you use a nonconductive mount, it recommends the use of a down
lead to a ground rod at the base of the support.  The antenna looks just
like an inverted vee when you set it up.

Here it is mounted on a 50 foot Rohn 25G tower at about the 42 foot level.
I have a Cushcraft A3 on the top of the tower along with a 3 element 6 meter
beam and a vhf/uhf collinear.  The directions and literature for the antenna
say it works best with such top loading.  Alpha Delta may be able to give
ideas for top loading when a beam isn't present.

Now, for performance.  Despite all the bad mouthing this antenna has taken
over the years from antenna gurus, it is working like a bomb for me.  So far
with only one real week of work I have worked V31FG on 160 the other evening
as well as a couple of long path QSO's to Europe which I mentioned on here
before.  Last night I got on in the contest on 40 meters and worked P40,
KP4, PJ2, FM5 and others all with 100 watts from the Seattle area.  Then, I
went down on 80 and worked TG0, P40 and one other Caribbean station I can't
remember without looking in the log.  Admittedly, I did run about 600 watts.
Then, this morning on 80 I worked several JA's, RU0 and BV.

While it's not a power house antenna, it is certainly a better dx antenna
than I've ever used on those bands.  It also works very well on 30 and 17
with the tuner in my rig.  It does well with local contacts as well.

All in all, for $60 U.S. this is a winner and a keeper.  I just wanted to
give people out there an idea for another antenna if they are looking and I
appreciate you reading this.

Thanks much and very 73.
Kevin, K7RX :)