A ReducedSize Half Sloper For 160 Meters （160米的ReducedSize一半异径接头）.pdfVIP

A Reduced-Size Half Sloper For 160 Meters Here’s a limited-space antenna that will put you on the Top Band! By Don Kirk, WD8DSB, 7821 Bryden Drive, Fishers, IN 46038, e-mail WD8DSB@ Have you ever thought of trying 160 meters? Wintertime is the perfect time for exploring the Top Band. The atmosphere is relatively quiet, so you can mine 160 meters for all it’s worth—lots of stateside contacts and plenty of DX! If you live on a small lot, you’re probably muttering, This guy must be kidding! Yes, most 160-meter antennas are big. A full-sized half-wavelength dipole is about 260 feet long! But with a little creative design work, it’s possible to build limited-space antennas that will get you on the band without sacrificing too much real estate. They aren’t as efficient as the full-sized variety, but they will get you on the air. Isn’t that what counts? My Approach Maybe you’ve seen designs for half-sloper antennas. As the name suggests, these antennas literally slope down to the ground from a tree or tower. Many 160-meter half-sloper designs require supports that are at least 50 feet tall. The problem is that my tower is only 40 feet tall. And what about hams (like you, perhaps) who don’t own towers at all? It was time for a different solution. The typical half-sloper design uses the tower as one half of the antenna by connecting one side of the feed line (normally the shield of the coax) directly to the tower. The center conductor of the coax connects to a 1/ -wavelength wire that slopes back down 4 toward the ground. My idea was to design a half-size (1/ wavelength) sloper using inductive loading. I decided to place the coil 8 directly at the top of the wire (see Figure 1). Placing the coil at this location requires the least amount of inductance, but it’s a trade