[TowerTalk] Getting looped in XE3-land?

[W0AH@aol.com]

I'm operating the CQWW phone (and maybe CW) in XE3-land.  I have weight/size 
restrictions on what I can transport, namely one antenna, an old Hygain 18AVQ 
to be mounted on a small dock above the Carribean sea with two 25' lengths of 
braid in the sea for a ground.
Any other antennas will have to be of the wire variety, and I'm considering 
FW loops for 10, 15, and 20.
Two questions.  
One:  I haven't used this old Hygain 18AVQ in years and don't have the 
manual.  Can anyone mail me a copy or suggest a website where I can find it?  
It seems to be resonnating too high on some bands and too low on others.
Two:  How does a 20M FW loop fed with ladder line to a tuner model on 10M and 
15M?  Will I get the same 2 dB gain (compared to a dipole) and pattern on 10 
&15 as on 20?  I will be able to rotate the mast that this loop is on from my 
second floor balcony.  Or would I be better off climbing up to the roof to 
change FW loops (each with the 75 ohm transformer coax) each time I wanted to 
change from 10M to 15M to 20M.  
Another possibility I suppose would be three FW loops on the same spreaders 
fed in parallel with ladder lead.  Maybe I'll get ambitious and make a 2 el 
quad with the bamboo spreaders, a bamboo boom and wire.  Any ideas?
Doug W0AH  Woodland Park CO  

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