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Keep seeing this weird rolling signal, it sounds like bubbles popping when it hit my ft8 frequency. Any ideas? Checked my coax and line and they seem good.

I’m a technician who operates on 10/6m ( ssb and ft8). I have a 40m the from reliance antennas. I’ve done inverted V and it worked great. I now redeployed it at home and decided to try and do a sloper. I have the transformer about 15ft up and then I have the actually antenna wire up and draped over the big tree in my back yard. I used a fishing pole and some line to cast a weight over, which I then pulled over a line, and then pulled up the wire. So it’s just draped up there. Seems secure for temporary use. So my questions are—-

1. What’s best configuration for DX? I know my tech license holds me back and I’m currently studying for general.
2. How high should I aim to get the feedpoint?(transformer?)
3. What are the benefits of having like a reverse antenna? Feedpoint high and antenna end low?
4. Is it normal for my noise floor to change with each configuration?

Thanks everyone,

73.

I’m a technician who operates on 10/6m ( ssb and ft8). I have a 40m the from reliance antennas. I’ve done inverted V and it worked great. I now redeployed it at home and decided to try and do a sloper. I have the transformer about 15ft up and then I have the actually antenna wire up and draped over the big tree in my back yard. I used a fishing pole and some line to cast a weight over, which I then pulled over a line, and then pulled up the wire. So it’s just draped up there. Seems secure for temporary use. So my questions are—-

1. What’s best configuration for DX? I know my tech license holds me back and I’m currently studying for general.
2. How high should I aim to get the feedpoint?(transformer?)
3. What are the benefits of having like a reverse antenna? Feedpoint high and antenna end low?
4. Is it normal for my noise floor to change with each configuration?

Thanks everyone,

73.