As a mostly wire and tree guy, I've observed that a
2 wave loop 'blows away' a dipole at the height of
the top wire for my rectangular loop (33' verticals)
on 40m.It is also much quieter in the urban environment
here (Atlanta). Wish I had room for more than the 5-BTV
trap vertical at the HI QTH :-) Hope to get a 2 wave for
80 up as well. The 2 wave 40 gets out at least as well
as a dipole at the height of the top wire on 80 so the
80 should make a nice 160 antenna. Has anyone tried a
two element two wave per element on 10?
-Bob
ah7i/4
n4kg@juno.com wrote:
> A Full Wavelength Loop DOES exhibit some gain
> over a dipole, varying from 0 to 2.7 dB, depending
> on the height / width ratio as documented in chapter 4
> of The W2PV Yagi Antenna Book. For a Square Loop,
> the gain over a dipole is reported as 0.84 dB.
>
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