Topband: K9AY RX antenna

[Artek Manuals]

Pete.

The recent modeling I did in evaluating the effects of soil type for the 
Folded Counter Poise as a ground plane was a real eye opener as to how 
much soil conductivity affects the performance of any given antenna.

QUESTIONS:

1) What Kind of soil are you working with (conductivity, dielectric 
constant )

2) Tell us more about the radials that you have laid down? for both the 
K9AY and your Inverted L

3) What is the proximity to other antennas? in particular the 160 M Inv-L

Dave

NR1DX



On 1/31/2022 9:10 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> My K9AY loop (the commercial version from Array Solutions) seems to be 
> kind of an indifferent performer.  I believe it is set up properly. 
> and I've laid down a radial under each side of the loops, but while it 
> shows some directivity on high-end broadcast stations, 160M 
> directivity is limited to nil, signal strengths are rarely better than 
> my inverted-L, and the adjusting the termination seems to make very 
> little difference.  Any hints?
>
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