I have been using Full wave loops on 80m since 1987 and have always used 75 Ohm coaxial cable as feedline without a Balun. I know of other hams that use a Balun on a full wave loop. My Loop is Rectan
Lee, Dug out an old textbook from my antenna class in college (Antenna Theory and Design by Stutzman and Thiele). On page 250 of the book they are discussing full wave loop antennas. "The square loop
I feed mine with 450 ladder line and a 1:1 choke balun in the shack just before my tuner (kat2). I can work all bands with this config and it really gets out, much better than the could burner reputa
A simple way to match 100 ohm antennas such as full wave loops or resonant long wires fed at a current maximum is to use a 1/4 WL 75 ohm coaxial transformer. The formula for 1/4 WL matching sections
A vertically mounted full wave loop that is rectangular ( twice as high as it is wide) will have a feedpoint Z of around 40 ohms when fed in the center of the short side nearest the ground. Since you