The
sloping dipole is simply a normal dipole that is erected in vertical
position
sloping at 45 degrees away from the top of the mast. As can be seen
from
the attached picture the antenna is very simple to erect and needs little
adjustment.
Dimensions
for the various HF bands are listed below.
One very important
thing
to remember is that the coax must
be joined to the dipole centre as
follows.
The centre of the coax goes to the upper side of the dipole and the
braid
must go to the ground end of the dipole. The
maximum signal direction
is
away from the mast.
Dipole
dimensions.
Band
Length
Length
mhz
feet
metres
7
66.0
20.1
10.1
46.3
14.1
14
33.0
10.0
18
25.8
7.86
21
22.0
6.70
24
18.8
5.73
28
16.5
5.00
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