[TenTec] Big TX Loops

Jim Allen jim.allen at longhornband.net
Sun Apr 27 17:26:26 EDT 2014


I have a 130' dipole at 32' right now fed with twin lead and matched with
an AH-4.  It's not all that bad but a cloud warmer on 40 and below.  I'm on
2.5 acres, mostly rock which frustrated my plan to put up a SteppIR BigIR.

73 de W6OGC  Jim Allen


On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Ken Brown <ken.d.brown at hawaiiantel.net>wrote:

> > There is no way a loop is a superlative antenna,
>
> That is so true
>
>
> >  I am under HOA restrictions anyway.
>
> Do your HOA restrictions really prevent you from stringing a nearly
> invisible skinny wire somewhere outside? You could have a much more
> efficient (in terms of EM radiation produced versus RF watts generated by
> your transmitter) antenna for a lot less money using the wire.
>
> If you can sneak the tiny wire outdoors, spend the money on an impedance
> matching unit, instead of on the tunable dummy load.
>
> DE N6KB
>
>
>
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