[TenTec] Not TT - Wire antenna question.

[tongaloa]

running full wave 80 m vertcal plane loop here
30' feed and one vertical side of loop about 15' from rig
fed in center of 33' vertical section
loop is 33' x 102' rectangle with bottom wire avg 20' above ground
kicks butt on 40/80 CW and not too shabby on 30
20m is OK but not nearly as good as 6 x 1/2 wave phased

for near field, intensity falls off as wavelength cubed
no problem here with RF in shack on 80-20
even with 600W output
no balun

so, it might not need much moving, if that's the problem

-bob




Stuart Rohre wrote:

>Paul,
>with a loop 5 feet from the shack window, you likely will have RF in the
>shack no matter what balun you try.   There is a 3 dimensional torus of
>radiation around the loop wire, and at the bands of HF, you are well within
>the near field in your shack.
>-Stuart Rohre
>K5KVH
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