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Re: [TowerTalk] Height for horizontal loops

To: "John Geiger" <aa5jg@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Height for horizontal loops
From: "Rick Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Reply-to: richard@karlquist.com
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:07:02 -0700 (PDT)
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John Geiger wrote:
> How high does a horizontal loop (the look skywire) need to be for decent
> performance?  A quick google search revealed that people were running them
> at 25 or 30 feet with good results (in their opinion).  I know that high
> is better, but how high does it need to be to show real improvement over a
> dipole?
>
> 73s John AA5JG

Why would a horizontal loop EVER be better than a dipole at
the same height?  Also, height is relative to wavelength.
25 or 30 feet is OK on 10 meters, but practically scraping
the ground on 160 meters.

Rick N6RK

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