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.
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>