Topband: 2 wl loop, worth the effort?

[mikestahoe at sbcglobal.net]

For what its worth Id stick with the dipoles at that height. I tried 1,2 and 3 wave length loops at ~110 ft  
(vs dipole at 110 ft)  and "on the average" the dipole worked the best.  This is completely unscientific but 
two years of playing on 160 the 1 wave length loop was quieter but didnt have the coverage of the 
dipole, 2 wave length was the worst (noisier that the one wave length and didnt hear as well) the 3 wave length was only up a short time due to a snow
storm but it didnt seem to perform any better than the 1 wave length.  
If I remember correctly odd wave length loops tend to model better than even wavelength loops.??

K7MS/Lake Tahoe
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On Tue, 12/1/15, NC3Z Gary <nc3z at outlook.com> wrote:

 Subject: Topband: 2 wl loop, worth the effort?
 To: "topband at contesting.com" <topband at contesting.com>
 Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2015, 7:00 PM
 
 I have been contemplating a sky loop
 to replace my coax 160/80M fan 
 dipole. The loop would be fed with ladder line so I could
 use it on 160-40M.
 
 It would take a bit more effort clearing an area to get up
 2wl of wire 
 but it could be done. Is the effort worth it over a 1wl
 loop? An 
 additional issue is I can only get it up about 50'.
 
 Right now the dipole is at 25' and works very well with the
 hams I daily 
 keep in touch with in the 500-600 mile range, but is limited
 in it's 
 bandwidth.
 
 
 Gary Mitchelson
 NC3Z/4 Pamlico County, NC FM15
 
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