I would choose a length with good radiation efficiency. There's a group on
Yahoo! about "skywire" antennas and here's a good article that models a
574' skywire: http://n1su.com/loop.html
I'm working down from 580' a few feet at a time to find where my loop works
best, but it looks to be shorter than this 574' recommended above in my "D"
shaped, 5 leg antenna at about 50'.
Yahoo! group: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Live-Wire/info
Mickey Baker, N4MB
Palm Beach Gardens
*“Tell me, and I will listen. Show me, and I will understand. Involve me,
and I will learn.” *Teton Lakota, American Indian Saying.
On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 1:06 PM, <n4jbk@comcast.net> wrote:
> I am contemplating putting up a loop in the 1400 foot length range.I am
> planning to use this at least at first as a 75 and 160 meter balun fed
> loop. I have known 1 or 2 people to do something similar to this but they
> were in totally different parts of the country. The antennas worked well
> for them but who knows what might happen here. I am wanting to improve on
> my 75 meter inverted vee with its apex at 95 feet which works well. I am
> also thinking about a 2 or 3 element beam up at 100 feet. I realize that
> one antenna should be better for the nightly round table that I am often a
> part of and the other should be a better DX antenna. I am planning to have
> the loop at around 50 feet high and the antenna will be constructed from #8
> stranded copper wire. I thank everyone for your input. 73, Joe N4JBK
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