I put up a 80 meter loop at my St. Simons Island, GA (IOTA 058) home in late
1991. I just looped it thru the trees. I do have an insulator on one side
(this side broke twice). I had to add 12 feet to it to make it reach the
Van Gordon connector. Its just laying on branches for the most part. I
found that it was way below 3500 but I use a tuner and it works good om 80
to 10 including the WARC bands. From 1992 to 1994 I worked 6K QSos on the
IOTA frequencies. I also placed as Division Leader for Low Power in the
1992 ARRL DX SSB.
Most of the time I ran 100 watts but I did one ttrip with a Clipperton L.
Ran Europe on 75 3.790 one nite running 700 watts out.
73 Dave K4JRB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Chiles" <chilesp@adelphia.net>
To: <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 2:01 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Full Wave Loop Through Trees
> I have spent the morning trying to fish an 80M loop through trees. I am
usually pretty good at this type thing, but this one has defied my best
attempts. I am thinking about using the bow and arrow to shoot a string
over the trees and just pull the insulated wire over the tree to make the
loop. Has anyone done this before, without insulators, and did the antenna
give expected results?
> Thanks,
>
> Pat, K8PC
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