[TenTec] Not TT - Wire antenna question.

[Paul]

Thanks Stuart.

That's interesting, as I've also seen another type of loop where there are 2
loops one above the other constructed with a single wire. In other words, a
double loop.
The spacing is about 8 to 12 inches loop to loop.

I have worked a guy using one of these on 40m, and he thought it was good.
It's fed with 450 ohm line and a balanced tuner.

I'm not convinced that it would really be any better than a single loop, and
his signal was not noticeably stronger than other guys using single loops.
Not really a valid test I know.

Did you ever hook feeder to the metal edging around the club building?

Congrats on the KH6 @ 5w, very good!.. wish I had the room for a big loop or
rhombic here.

Cheers.

Paul MW0CDO.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stuart Rohre" <rohre at arlut.utexas.edu>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Not TT - Wire antenna question.


> Paul,
> Yes, height above the shack window and structure would be helpful.
>
> We put up  a horizontal loop for our club station on its flat roof
building.
> However, there is a metal strip around the edge of the roof, and this
causes
> a loss of pick up by the loop as well as weaker transmit signal.  Similar
> loops 20 feet above any earth or building have worked very well in
contrast.
> Those loops are used from the one wave length band and on higher bands
where
> they will have a low angle lobe for DX.
>
> A loop sized at 330 feet around was, at 20 feet high, and on 40m SSB at
> night readily able to work HI (KH6) with only 5 watts.
> GL,
> Stuart
> K5KVH