Yeah you and my sister Betsey.  She is in the hospital having some tests and
last night wouldn't you know she used her small laptop and put up an
assignment for her students.  Her sub stopped in this afternoon and of
course they talked math and he told her how the students couldn't get over
that she put up an assignment on the site while she's in the hospital.   

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Tom Behler
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 7:32 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Your 160 Sloper

    Barb:

Yeah, I hear you. ... Really, I do. ...

I'm just trying to figure out how well it works, and whether I could do
better.  It's the professor in me, I guess!!!!  (grin)

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Lombardi" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: Your 160 Sloper


> Tom if it works, don't fix it hi hi.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Tom Behler
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 7:17 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Your 160 Sloper
>
>    Mike:
>
> The radiating element for My sloper was about 72 feet right out of the 
> box,
> and we shortened it to about 63 or 64 feet.  We shortened it by folding 
> the
> wire back on itself, so nothing has been cut yet.
>
> Using the meter in my TS590, the thing tunes throughout the band, with a 
> 3.0
> to 1 SWR at the very bottom of the band, a dip to about 2 to 1 around 
> 18.300
> or 18.400, and an SWR of about 5 to 1 at the very top of the band.
>
> I still think I could do better, but am not quite sure how to proceed at
> this point.
>
> The antenna is made by a guy about an hour from me, and his web site is:
>
> www.w8amz.com
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 7:05 PM
> Subject: Your 160 Sloper
>
>
>> Somewhere along the way, I missed out on knowing what you put up for
>> 160.
>>
>> I have a shortened sloper that I hope to get hung before the end of
>> the year.
>>
>> Mine is made by a ham about 100 miles north of me. It comes out of the
>> package 75 feet long, and must be trimmed from that point.
>>
>> Years ago, I had an Alpha Delta Twin Sloper for 160, 80, and 40
>> meters.
>>
>> It was a bomb shell on 80 and 40, and did okay on 160, but I think
>> this single band model will work some better because it is physically
>> longer than the 160 meter element of that Twin sloper.
>>
>> We will soon see, I guess.
>>
>>
>> Mike Duke, K5XU
>> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
>>
>>
>>
>>
>