Topband: WB6RSE Flag type loop question

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Thanks!


I think I will still try to build the vertical version to try.


On 8/1/2018 10:15 AM, donovanf at starpower.net wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> A horizontally polarized loop -- or any other horizontally polarized
> 160 meter antenna -- has extremely poor sensitivity when installed
> less than about 0.1 wavelenght above the ground. Even if you raise
> a horizontally polarized loop to about 0.1 wavelength (50 feet on 160
> meters) it will be a poor antenna for DXing because of its insensitivity
> to low angles of arrival.
>
> 73
> Frank
> W3LPL
>
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> *From: *"W0MU Mike Fatchett" <w0mu at w0mu.com>
> *To: *topband at contesting.com
> *Sent: *Wednesday, August 1, 2018 3:40:10 PM
> *Subject: *Topband: WB6RSE Flag type loop question
>
>   Has anyone tried a loop like this in the Horizontal plane?   I suppose
> if one had an AZ mount they could try it from horizontal to Vertical.
>
> His flag build was in the July 2015 QST.
>
> W0MU
>
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